azbest

Czech

Alternative forms

• asbest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbɛst]

Noun

azbest m inan

1. asbestos

Declension

Declension of azbest (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	azbest	azbesty
genitive	azbestu	azbestů
dative	azbestu	azbestům
accusative	azbest	azbesty
vocative	azbeste	azbesty
locative	azbestu	azbestech
instrumental	azbestem	azbesty

Further reading

• azbest in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• azbest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σβέννυμι (sbénnumi, “I quench, quell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaz.bɛst/

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• Rhymes: -azbɛst
• Syllabification: az‧best

Noun

azbest m inan

1. asbestos

   Synonym: (possibly) abaston

   azbest chryzotylowy ― white asbestos

Declension

Declension of azbest

	singular
nominative	azbest
genitive	azbestu
dative	azbestowi
accusative	azbest
instrumental	azbestem
locative	azbeście
vocative	azbeście

Derived terms

adjectives

• azbestocementowy
• azbestowy

 

nouns

• azbestocement
• azbestoza
• azbestyna

 

Further reading

• azbest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• azbest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French asbeste.

Noun

azbest n (uncountable)

1. asbestos

Declension

declension of azbest (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) azbest	azbestul
genitive/dative	(unui) azbest	azbestului
vocative	azbestule

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎzbest/
• Hyphenation: az‧best

Noun

àzbest m (Cyrillic spelling а̀збест)

1. (uncountable) asbestos

Declension

Declension of azbest

	singular
nominative	azbest
genitive	azbesta
dative	azbestu
accusative	azbest
vocative	azbeste
locative	azbestu
instrumental	azbestom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbest]

Noun

azbest m inan (genitive singular azbestu, nominative plural azbesty, genitive plural azbestov, declension pattern of dub)

1. asbestos

Declension

Declension of azbest

	singular	plural
nominative	azbest	azbesty
genitive	azbestu	azbestov
dative	azbestu	azbestom
accusative	azbest	azbesty
locative	azbeste	azbestoch
instrumental	azbestom	azbestmi

References

• “azbest”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024