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Etymology edit

From an earlier sālijs, still dialectally attested, from the same stem as sāls (salt) (q.v.).[1]

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sāļš (definite sāļais, comparative sāļāks, superlative vissāļākais, adverb sāļi)

  1. salty (having the taste typical of salt; containing salt, usually cooking salt)
    sāļš ēdienssalty food
    sāļa garšasalty taste, flavor
    vēži ir sāļš, alus rūgts, tomēr garšocrayfish is salty, (and) beer (is) bitter, yet they are tasty
    prieka un bēdu asaras ir vienādi saļastears of joy and sadness are equally salty
    aukstajā galdā vēl liek sāļos cepumus (siera cepumus vai sālsstandziņas)at the cold (food) table (they) still put the salty biscuits (cheese biscuts or pretzels)
    sāļās kūkas pasniedz kafijas galdā(they) are serving the salty cakes at the coffee table
  2. salty (having the smell or taste typical of, e.g., seawater)
    sāļa smarža, smakasalty smell (e.g., of sea water)
    sāļa vēja smaržasalty smell of the wind
    četros pēcpusdienā kapteiņa vecākais palīgs Šika pieņēma sardzi; viņš izgāja uz spārna, ieelpoja sāļo gaisuat 4 p.m. the captain's old helper Šika took the watch; he went on the wing (of the ship) (and) inhaled the salty air
  3. (colloquial, of words; syn. sālīts) impolite, rude
    mazais vīriņš Rasa pēc katra sāļā joka salēcās un sarauca savu tuklo seju daudzās sīkās krunkāsthe little man Rasa after every salty (= rude) joke jumped and wrinkled his chubby face into many tiny wrinkles

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References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sāls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN