saliva

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See also: salivá, salivă, and Saliva

English

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Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle English salive, salve (“saliva”), from the same Latin source. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sə-līʹ-və, IPA(key): /səˈlaɪvə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧va
  • Rhymes: -aɪvə

Noun

saliva (countable and uncountable, plural salivas or salivae or salivæ)

  1. (physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.
    Synonyms: spit, spittle

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin salīva. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

saliva f (plural salives)

  1. saliva
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References

  1. ^ “saliva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Etymology 2

Verb

saliva

  1. inflection of salivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

Verb

saliva

  1. third-person singular past historic of saliver

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈli.va/
  • Rhymes: -iva
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lì‧va

Etymology 1

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From Latin salīva.

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Noun

saliva f (plural salive)

  1. (physiology) saliva, spittle, spit
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saliva

  1. inflection of salivare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saliva

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of salire

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *solH- (compare Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, English sallow, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”)). May alternatively be of independent expressive/onomatopoeic origin; compare Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon).

Pronunciation

Noun

salīva f (genitive salīvae); first declension

  1. spittle, saliva

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative salīva salīvae
Genitive salīvae salīvārum
Dative salīvae salīvīs
Accusative salīvam salīvās
Ablative salīvā salīvīs
Vocative salīva salīvae

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References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “saliva”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 468

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧va

Etymology 1

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From Latin salīva, probably borrowed.

Noun

saliva f (plural salivas)

  1. saliva, spittle (liquid secreted into the mouth)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saliva

  1. inflection of salivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French saliver, from Latin salivare.

Verb

a saliva (third-person singular present salivează, past participle salivat) 1st conj.

  1. to salivate
Conjugation
    conjugation of saliva (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a saliva
gerund salivând
past participle salivat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present salivez salivezi salivează salivăm salivați salivează
imperfect salivam salivai saliva salivam salivați salivau
simple perfect salivai salivași salivă salivarăm salivarăți salivară
pluperfect salivasem salivaseși salivase salivaserăm salivaserăți salivaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să salivez să salivezi să saliveze să salivăm să salivați să saliveze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative salivează salivați
negative nu saliva nu salivați

Etymology 2

Noun

saliva f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of salivă

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈliba/
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  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: sa‧li‧va

Etymology 1

From Latin salīva, probably borrowed.

Noun

saliva f (plural salivas)

  1. saliva, spittle
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saliva

  1. inflection of salivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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