балота

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• bałota — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old Belarusian болото (boloto), from Proto-Slavic *bolto. Cognate with Russian боло́то (bolóto).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈɫota]

Noun

бало́та • (balóta) n inan (genitive бало́та, nominative plural бало́ты, genitive plural бало́т, relational adjective бало́тны)

1. marsh, swamp, bog
2. (figuratively) morass, backwater (environment where nothing new happens)
3. (colloquial, in the singular) mud, slush

Declension

Declension of бало́та (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бало́та balóta	бало́ты balóty
genitive	бало́та balóta	бало́т balót
dative	бало́ту balótu	бало́там balótam
accusative	бало́та balóta	бало́ты balóty
instrumental	бало́там balótam	бало́тамі balótami
locative	бало́це balócje	бало́тах balótax
count form	—	бало́ты1 balóty1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “балота” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org