salts

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See also: Salts and sålts

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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salts

  1. plural of salt

Verb

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salts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of salt

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Catalan

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Noun

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salts

  1. plural of salt

Danish

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Noun

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salts n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

Icelandic

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Noun

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salts n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

Latvian

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Etymology

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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]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

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Participle

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salts (definite saltais)

  1. indefinite past passive participle of salt

References

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

Old Norse

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Adjective

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salts

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

Noun

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salts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt (salt)

Swedish

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Noun

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salts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

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