salts

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See also: Salts and sålts

English

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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]

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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

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of salts
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis) 		singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) salts salti salta saltas
accusative (akuzatīvs) saltu saltus saltu saltas
genitive (ģenitīvs) salta saltu saltas saltu
dative (datīvs) saltam saltiem saltai saltām
instrumental (instrumentālis) saltu saltiem saltu saltām
locative (lokatīvs) saltā saltos saltā saltās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —

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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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