азбест
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From German Asbest or Russian асбе́ст (asbést), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”).
Pronunciation
Noun
а́збест • (ázbest) m (relational adjective а́збестов)
- (uncountable) asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Declension
Declension of а́збест
References
- “азбест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “азбест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “а̀збет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
- “азбест”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
азбест • (azbest) m (uncountable)
Declension
Declension of азбест
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
а̀збест m (Latin spelling àzbest)