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saliva

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See also: salivá, salivă, and Saliva

English

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Etymology

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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.

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

  2. (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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin salīva. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

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Noun

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saliva f (plural salives)

  1. saliva
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References

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  1. ^ “saliva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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saliva

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

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From salivo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saˈliva/
  • Rhymes: -iva
  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧va

Adjective

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saliva

  1. salivary

French

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saliva

  1. third-person singular past historic of saliver

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Latin salīva.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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saliva f (plural salive)

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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saliva

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

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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saliva

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of salire

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Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *solH- (compare Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, English sallow, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”)).[1] May alternatively be of independent expressive/onomatopoeic origin; compare Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon).

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Noun

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salīva f (genitive salīvae); first declension

  1. spittle, saliva

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative salīva salīvae
genitive salīvae salīvārum
dative salīvae salīvīs
accusative salīvam salīvās
ablative salīvā salīvīs
vocative salīva salīvae

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Descendants

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Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: saliva, scialiva, sciliva
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Galician: seiva (archaic)
    • Portuguese: seiva (dialectal)

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References

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

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧va

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin salīva.

Noun

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saliva f (plural salivas)

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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saliva

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

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French saliver, from Latin salivare.

Verb

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

  1. to salivate
Conjugation
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    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

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Noun

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saliva f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of salivă

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin salīva, probably borrowed.[1]

Noun

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saliva f (plural salivas)

  1. saliva, spittle
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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saliva

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

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “saliva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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