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sāls
sāls
Latvian
Sāls
Noun
sāls f, m (6th or 2nd declension, irregular nominative, genitive)
- salt (white crystalline substance — sodium chloride or NaCl — used for seasoning food)
- vārāmais sāls ― common (lit. cooking) salt
- ēdienem par maz sāls ― the food has too little salt
- (chemistry) salt (result of a chemical reaction between an acid and a base)
- fosforskābes sāls ― phosphoric acid salt
- sērskābes saļi jeb sulfāti ― sulfuric acid salts, also known as sulphates
Declension
Declension of sāls (6th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sāls | sālis |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sāli | sālis |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sāls | sāļu |
| dative (datīvs) | sālij | sālīm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sāli | sālīm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sālī | sālīs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sāls | sālis |
Declension of sāls (2nd declension)
Usage notes
Although officially a feminine sixth-declension noun in standard Latvian, sāls is often used in colloquial Latvian as a masculine second-declension noun.
Related terms
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sāls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7