болото

Bulgarian

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Participle

бо́лото • (bóloto) n

1. definite neuter singular past active aorist participle of бода́ (bodá)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic болото (boloto), from Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp; mud”). Doublet of бла́то (bláto), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

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Noun

боло́то • (bolóto) n inan (genitive боло́та, nominative plural боло́та, genitive plural боло́т, relational adjective боло́тный, diminutive боло́тце)

1. bog, swamp, marsh, quagmire, mire

Declension

Derived terms

• боло́тистый (bolótistyj)
• 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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolto.

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Noun

боло́то • (bolóto) n inan (genitive боло́та, nominative plural болота́, genitive plural болі́т, relational adjective боло́тний or боло́тяний)

1. swamp, marsh, bog

Declension

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
• “болото”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)