English

Noun

salts

1. plural of salt

Verb

salts

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

Anagrams

• lasts
• slats

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 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

Synonyms

• auksts
• vēss, dzestrs, svaigs, spirgts

Antonyms

• karsts
• silts

Derived terms

• saltums

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