azbest

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Czech

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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 (in Czech)
  • “azbest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish azbest.

Pronunciation

Noun

azbest m inan (related adjective azbestowi)

  1. asbestos

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “azbest”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “azbest”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “azbest”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin asbestos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈazbɛst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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
nouns

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

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
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