азбест

Bulgarian

Etymology

From German Asbest or Russian асбе́ст (asbést), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbɛst]

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Noun

а́збест • (ázbest) m (relational adjective а́збестов)

1. (uncountable) asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)

Declension

Declension of а́збест

	singular
indefinite	а́збест ázbest
definite (subject form)	а́збестът ázbestǎt
definite (object form)	а́збеста ázbesta

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbɛst]

Noun

азбест • (azbest) m (uncountable)

1. asbestos

Declension

Declension of азбест

	singular
indefinite	азбест
definite unspecified	азбестот
definite proximal	азбестов
definite distal	азбестон
vocative	азбесту

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎzbest/
• Hyphenation: аз‧бест

Noun

а̀збест m (Latin spelling àzbest)

1. (uncountable) asbestos

Declension

Declension of азбест

	singular
nominative	азбест
genitive	азбеста
dative	азбесту
accusative	азбест
vocative	азбесте
locative	азбесту
instrumental	азбестом