salts
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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 (definite saltais, comparative saltāks, superlative vissaltākais, adverb salti)
- 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
- 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
- (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
- (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
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of salts
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | salts | salti | salta | saltas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | saltu | saltus | saltu | saltas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | salta | saltu | saltas | saltu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | saltam | saltiem | saltai | saltām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | saltu | saltiem | saltu | saltām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | saltā | saltos | saltā | saltās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “salts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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