balt

See also: Balt, balț, Bałt, Balt., and bałt.

Cimbrian
FWOTD – 7 July 2014

Etymology

From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Cognate with German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold, Icelandic völlur.

Pronunciation

Noun

balt m (plural bèllar, diminutive bèllale)

  1. woods, forest
    Dar balt rüstet de perghe un ghit herbighe in bögallen.
    The forest covers the mountains and shelters the birds.

Declension
Declension of balt
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an dar balt de bèllar
accusative an in balt de bèllar
dative aname me balte in bèllarn

References
  • “balt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
  1. Rita Morandi, Contact-induced Language Change and Its Socio-historical Correlates, page 42

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Verb

balt

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of ballen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of ballen

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

balt m (genitive singular built, plural baltan)

  1. welt (of a shoe)
  2. border, belt
  3. selvage (of cloth)
  4. moustache
  5. (Arran) man's collar

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

balt c

  1. Balt (native of the Baltic states, chiefly male)

Declension
Declension of balt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative balt balten balter balterna
Genitive balts baltens balters balternas
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