болото

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɫot̪o/

Verb

(deprecated template usage) болото • (bóloto) n

1. (deprecated template usage) Neuter definite past active aorist participle of бода.

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Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic болото (boloto), from Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp; mud”). Doublet of бла́то (bláto), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. Cognates include Slovene bláto (“swamp; mud”), Polish błoto (“mud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈɫotə]

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Noun

боло́то • (bolóto) n inan (genitive боло́та, nominative plural боло́та, genitive plural боло́т)

1. bog, swamp, marsh, quagmire, mire

Declension

Declension of боло́то (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	боло́то bolóto	боло́та bolóta
genitive	боло́та bolóta	боло́т bolót
dative	боло́ту bolótu	боло́там bolótam
accusative	боло́то bolóto	боло́та bolóta
instrumental	боло́том bolótom	боло́тами bolótami
prepositional	боло́те bolóte	боло́тах bolótax

Derived terms

• боло́тистый (bolótistyj)
• боло́тный (bolótnyj)
• боло́тце (bolótce)
• заболоченный (zaboločennyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “болото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolto.

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. swamp, marsh, bog

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “болото”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka