salts

See also: Salts and sålts

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

salts

  1. plural of salt

Verb

salts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of salt

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Catalan

Noun

salts

  1. plural of salt

Danish

Noun

salts n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

Icelandic

Noun

salts n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

Latvian

Etymology

From the stem of the verb salt (“to freeze”), of which it was the past participle. Cognates include Lithuanian šáltas, Old Prussian salta (< *salts).[1]

Adjective

salts (definite saltais, comparative saltāks, superlative vissaltākais, adverb salti)

  1. cold, frosty, freezing, frozen (having very low temperature)
    salts pavasaris ― cold spring
    salta nakts ― cold night
    zeme jau ir salta ― the earth is already frozen
    viņa vaigi stinga saltajā ziemas gaisā ― his cheeks were rigid in the freezing winter air
  2. cold (relating to the feelings caused by low temperatures)
    salti sviedri ― cold sweat
    saltas tirpas noskrien pār visu ķermeni ― a cold tingling ran over (his) whole body
    slapji cimdi iedzen visā ķermenī saltus drebuļus ― wet gloves drove cold chills into (his) whole body
  3. (figuratively, of colors, states, situations, etc.) cold, uncomfortable, unpleasant
    salts baltums ― cold white(ness)
    sirma dīzegle saltajā klusumā trīc ― the gray fir tree trembled in the cold silence
  4. (of people, their behavior) cold (which shows no feelings, insensitive, unresponsive, unfriendly)
    salts egoisms, nicinājums ― cold selfishness, contempt
    salts miers ― cold piece, quiet
    virsnieka sejā izzuda saltā, nedzīvā izteiksme ― on the officer's face the cold, lifeless expression disappeared
    salts, nekustīgs, nepieejams, viņš sēdēja ratos un gaidīja ― cold, motionless, unapproachable, he sat in the cart and waited

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Participle

salts (definite saltais)

  1. indefinite past passive participle of salt

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “salts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Old Norse

Adjective

salts

  1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of saltr (“salty”)

Noun

salts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt (“salt”)

Swedish

Noun

salts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

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