sâl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sal"

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun edit

sâl m (plural sâls)

salt

Related terms edit

salâ

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /saːl/
Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given an etymology by GPC. Maybe a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”) (whence Sanskrit स्खल् (skhal, “to stumble, fail”), Persian (sekarfidan, “to stumble”), Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to bring down”), σφάλλομαι (sphállomai, “to fall”), Old Armenian սխալեմ (sxalem, “to stumble, fail”), and perhaps Latin fallō (“to deceive”)), with assimilation of the -gʷʰh₂- into a long â vowel?”

Adjective edit

sâl (feminine singular sâl, plural seilion, equative saled, comparative salach, superlative salaf, not mutable)

ill, sick, unwell
Synonyms: afiach, claf, gwael, nychlyd, tost
shoddy, shabby, poor, paltry
Synonyms: gwael, di-raen, pitw

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See sêl.

Noun edit

sâl f (plural saloedd or sâls, not mutable)

Alternative form of sêl (“sale; auction”)

References edit

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies