Noun: basalt
Gender: n
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | basalt |
| Sg. Def. | basaltið |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | basalts |
| Sg. Def. | basaltsins |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | basalti |
| Sg. Def. | basaltinum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | basalt |
| Sg. Def. | basaltið |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like basalt
safran,
samkyn,
sjampo,
silvur,
brennivín,
fyrilit,
djóralív,
skerpikjøt,
samsvar,
gjárkvøld,
neytakjøt,
fleirtal,
krabbamein,
skarlak,
nýsilvur,
beinkrím,
gø,
alnet,
ahorn,
flesk, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”) b-x:n-O39 See: Latin Nouns '
basanites', Ancient Greek Nouns '
βασανίτης'.
Translations