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Webster 1913 Edition

Sal

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Sal

(sa̤l)
,
Noun.
[Hind.
sāl
, Skr.
çāla
.]
(Bot.)
An East Indian timber tree (
Shorea robusta
), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
[Written also
saul
.]

Sal

(săl)
,
Noun.
[L. See
Salt
.]
(Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
Sal absinthii
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood (
Artemisia Absinthium
).
–
Sal acetosellae
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
salt of sorrel.
–
Sal alembroth
.
(Old Chem.)
See
Alembroth
.
–
Sal ammoniac
(Chem.)
,
ammonium chloride,
NH4Cl
, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel’s dung at the temple of Jupiter
Ammon
in Africa. Called also
muriate of ammonia
.
–
Sal catharticus
[NL.]
(Old Med. Chem.)
,
Epsom salts.
–
Sal culinarius
[L.]
(Old Chem.)
,
common salt, or sodium chloride.
–
Sal Cyrenaicus
.
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
See
Sal ammoniac
above.
–
Sal de duobus
,
Sal duplicatum
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
potassium sulphate; – so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline.
–
Sal diureticus
[NL.]
(Old Med. Chem.)
,
potassium acetate.
–
Sal enixum
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
acid potassium sulphate.
–
Sal gemmae
[NL.]
(Old Min.)
,
common salt occuring native.
–
Sal Jovis
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
salt tin, or stannic chloride; – the alchemical name of tin being
Jove
.
–
Sal Martis
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; – the alchemical name of iron being
Mars
.
–
Sal microcosmicum
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
See
Microcosmic salt
, under
Microcosmic
.
–
Sal plumbi
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
sugar of lead.
–
Sal prunella
.
(Old Chem.)
See
Prunella salt
, under 1st
Prunella
.
–
Sal Saturni
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
sugar of lead, or lead acetate; – the alchemical name of lead being
Saturn
.
–
Sal sedativus
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
sedative salt, or boric acid.
–
Sal Seignette
[F.
seignette
,
sel de seignette
]
(Chem.)
,
Rochelle salt.
–
Sal soda
(Chem.)
,
sodium carbonate. See under
Sodium
.
–
Sal vitrioli
[NL.]
(Old Chem.)
,
white vitriol; zinc sulphate.
–
Sal volatile
.
[NL.]
(a)
(Chem.)
See
Sal ammoniac
, above.
(b)
Spirits of ammonia.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sal

SAL

,
Noun.
[See Salt.] Salt; a word much used in chimistry and pharmacy.

Definition 2024

sál

sál

See also: Sal, sal, sàl, şal, šal, šál, sâl, and śal

Czech

Noun

sál m

  1. room
  2. saloon
  3. hall
  4. theater (operating theater for surgery)
    Zraněného přivezli na operační sál.
Declension
Derived terms
  • sálový

Etymology 2

Verb

sál

  1. third-person masculine past of sát

References

  1. ↑ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 2nd edition edition, Prague: Academia, page 536
  2. ↑ Rejzek, Jiří (2007) Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Version 1.0 edition, Prague: Leda

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Schal, from English shawl, from Persian شال ‎(šâl, “shawl, scarf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃaːl]
  • Hyphenation: sál

Noun

sál ‎(plural sálak)

  1. scarf
  2. shawl

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sál sálak
accusative sálat sálakat
dative sálnak sálaknak
instrumental sállal sálakkal
causal-final sálért sálakért
translative sállá sálakká
terminative sálig sálakig
essive-formal sálként sálakként
essive-modal — —
inessive sálban sálakban
superessive sálon sálakon
adessive sálnál sálaknál
illative sálba sálakba
sublative sálra sálakra
allative sálhoz sálakhoz
elative sálból sálakból
delative sálról sálakról
ablative sáltól sálaktól
Possessive forms of sál
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sálam sáljaim
2nd person sing. sálad sáljaid
3rd person sing. sálja sáljai
1st person plural sálunk sáljaink
2nd person plural sálatok sáljaitok
3rd person plural sáljuk sáljaik

Derived terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sauːl/
    Rhymes: -auːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sál, from Old English sāwol, sāwl, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Noun

sál f ‎(genitive singular sálar, nominative plural sálir)

  1. a soul
    • Einar Benediktsson
      Aðgát skal höfð í nærveru sálar.
      Exercise caution in the presence of a soul.
    Blóð er gjaldmiðill sálarinnar.
    Blood is the currency of the soul.
Declension

Etymology 2

Attested since the 16th century; origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sahalō, from the root *seh- ‎(“to cut”), originally denoting a bag sewn from cut-out pieces of skin; or perhaps from *sawalō, related to sjóður ‎(“purse”), or from *saihalō, related to sár ‎(“cask”).

Noun

sál f ‎(genitive singular sálar, nominative plural sálar)

  1. a skin bag
Declension

Anagrams

References

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

sál f pl

  1. genitive plural of sáil

Noun

sál f ‎(genitive singular sáile, nominative plural sála)

  1. Alternative form of sáil ‎(“heel”)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sál shál
after an, tsál 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːl/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls. Akin to Latin sal and English salt.

Noun

sál m

  1. salt water, brine, seawater
  2. (poetic, by extension) sea, ocean
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1132
      sáil-onn .i. cloch sáil‎
      sea-rock i.e. rock of the sea
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *stātlā (compare Welsh sawdl), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‎(“to stand”).

Noun

sál f

  1. heel
    • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 68b7
      sál‎
      glosses calx

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • sál tre assa ‎(“tonsure”, literally “heel through the shoe”)
Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
sál ṡál unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Etymology

Borrowing from German Saal.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːl/

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