baltă

See also: Appendix:Variations of "balta"

Romanian

Etymology

It is generally agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH- (“to gleam”), but there is disagreement whether the word is one of the earliest Romanian loans from Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), or whether it is a substratum word. Compare Albanian baltë (“mud”), Aromanian baltã, Italian palta (“swamp”) and Greek βάλτος (váltos, “swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbal.tə]

• Audio:

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Noun

baltă f (plural bălți)

1. puddle, pond, pool (especially muddy); also swamp

Declension

Declension of baltă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) baltă	balta	(niște) bălți	bălțile
genitive/dative	(unei) bălți	bălții	(unor) bălți	bălților
vocative	baltă, balto		bălților

Derived terms

• băltoacă
• de baltă

See also

• mlaștină, smârc, bahnă