blato

See also: Blato, bláto, and блато

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Etymology

From French blatte and Italian blatta, both from Latin blatta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblato/

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: bla‧to

Noun

blato (accusative singular blaton, plural blatoj, accusative plural blatojn)

1. cockroach

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blâto/
• Hyphenation: bla‧to

Noun

blȁto n (Cyrillic spelling бла̏то)

1. mud

Declension

Declension of blato

	singular	plural
nominative	blȁto	blȁta
genitive	blȁta	blȃtā
dative	blatu	blatima
accusative	blato	blȁta
vocative	blato	blȁta
locative	blatu	blatima
instrumental	blatom	blatima

Related terms

• blatan
• blatobran

Further reading

• “blato”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolto. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blàːtɔ/

Noun

bláto n

1. mud, swamp

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	bláto
gen. sing.	bláta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bláto	bláti	bláta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bláta	blát	blát
dative (dajȃlnik)	blátu	blátoma	blátom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bláto	bláti	bláta
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	blátu	blátih	blátih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	blátom	blátoma	bláti

Further reading

• “blato”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026