sůl

See also: sul, Sul, súl, sùl, sül, -sul, and -sül

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sól, from Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsuːl]

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• Hyphenation: sůl
• Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

sůl f

1. salt (A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.)
2. (chemistry) salt (One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.)
3. (cryptography) salt (Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute-force decryption more difficult.)

Declension

Declension of sůl (mixed i-stem [type 'noc'] feminine quant-alt)

	singular	plural
nominative	sůl	soli
genitive	soli	solí
dative	soli	solím
accusative	sůl	soli
vocative	soli	soli
locative	soli	solích
instrumental	solí	solemi

Related terms

adjectives

• slaný
• solný

 

nouns

• slánka
• solnička

 

verb

• solit

 

Further reading

• sůl in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sůl in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sůl in Internetová jazyková příručka