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Webster 1828 Edition


Salts

SALTS

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Noun.
The salt water of rivers entering from the ocean.

Definition 2024


salts

salts

See also: sålts

English

Noun

salts

  1. plural of salt

Verb

salts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of salt

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Catalan

Noun

salts

  1. plural of salt

Danish

Noun

salts n

  1. genitive singular indefinite 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]

Adjective

salts (def. saltais, comp. saltāks, sup. vissaltākais; adv. salti)

  1. cold, frosty, freezing, frozen (having very low temperature)
    salts pavasariscold spring
    salta naktscold 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 sviedricold sweat
    saltas tirpas noskrien pār visu ķermeni ― a 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 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, nicinājumscold selfishness, contempt
    salts mierscold 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 gaidījacold, motionless, unapproachable, he sat in the cart and waited

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), salts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Old Prussian

Alternative forms

  • (manuscript forms:) salta

Adjective

salts m

  1. cold

Swedish

Noun

salts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of salt