sal

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

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

sal (uncountable)

(chemistry, obsolete) salt

Usage notesEdit

Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from sal

Etymology 2Edit

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Alternative formsEdit

saul, shala

NounEdit

sal (plural sals)

Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
- 1989, Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)
  As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

TranslationsEdit

Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree

Portuguese: sal (pt) m

AnagramsEdit

ALS, ALs, ASL, LSA, SLA, a/s/l, al's, als, asl, las

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch zal.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /sal/

VerbEdit

sal (present sal, past sou)

shall, will

AsturianEdit

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

sal

Wikipedia ^ast

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sāl, salem.

NounEdit

sal m (plural sales)

salt

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan sal, from Latin sāl, salem, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

NounEdit

sal f (plural sals)

salt

Related termsEdit

salar

ChairelEdit

NounEdit

sal

sun

ReferencesEdit

W. McCulloch, Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages (1859, Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company)

ChavacanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish sal (“salt”).

NounEdit

sal

salt

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse salr, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, *sel-.

NounEdit

sal c (singular definite salen, plural indefinite sale)

hall, room

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sal

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sal	salen	sale	salene
genitive	sals	salens	sales	salenes

Derived termsEdit

retssal

EsperantoEdit

InterjectionEdit

sal

(text messaging) Abbreviation of saluton (“hello”).

Franco-ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sāl, salem.

NounEdit

sal f

salt

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese sal, from Latin sāl, salem.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [s̺al]

NounEdit

sal m

salt

IcelandicEdit

NounEdit

sal

indefinite accusative singular of salur
indefinite dative singular of salur

IrishEdit

NounEdit

sal f (genitive singular saile) or
sal m (genitive singular sail)

Alternative form of sail (“dirt; stain”)

DeclensionEdit

As masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of sal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	sal
Vocative	a shail
Genitive	sail
Dative	sal

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an sal
Genitive	an tsail
Dative	leis an sal don sal

As feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of sal

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	sal
Vocative	a shal
Genitive	saile
Dative	sal

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an tsal
Genitive	na saile
Dative	leis an tsal don tsal

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sal	shal after an, tsal	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

IstriotEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sāl, salem.

NounEdit

sal

salt

KurdishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːl/

NounEdit

sal f

year

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

Cognates include Sanskrit सलिल (salila), Old Armenian աղ (ał), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), Tocharian A sāle, and Old English sealt (English salt).

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /saːl/, [saːɫ]

NounEdit

sāl m, n (genitive salis); third declension

salt
cum grānō salis : with a grain of salt
wit

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāl	salēs
genitive	salis	salum
dative	salī	salibus
accusative	salem	salēs
ablative	sale	salibus
vocative	sāl	salēs

Derived termsEdit

salō
saliō
sāl petrae, sāl petræ (stone salt; possibly "salt of Petra")

DescendantsEdit

Aromanian: sari, sare
Asturian: sal
Catalan: sal
Franco-Provençal: sal
French: sel
Friulian: sâl
Galician: sal
Istriot: sal
Italian: sale
Lombard: saa
Occitan: sal, sau

Portuguese: sal
Romagnol: sêl
Romanian: sare
Romansch: sal, sel
Sardinian: sabi, sai, sale, sali, sari, sàui
Sicilian: sali
Spanish: sal
- → Navajo: sáál
Venetian: sal, sałe
Walloon: sé

Middle DutchEdit

VerbEdit

sal

first-person and third-person singular present indicative of sullen

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

sal

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse salr.

NounEdit

sal m (definite singular salen, indefinite plural saler, definite plural salene)

a large room in which parties and meetings and similar are held; a hall.

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse sǫðull.

Alternative formsEdit

sadel

NounEdit

sal m (definite singular salen, indefinite plural saler, definite plural salene)

a saddle

ReferencesEdit

“sal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse salr.

NounEdit

sal m (definite singular salen, indefinite plural salar, definite plural salane)

a large room in which parties and meetings and similar are held; a hall

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse sǫðull.

NounEdit

sal m (definite singular salen, indefinite plural salar, definite plural salane)

a saddle

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse sal (“payment”).

NounEdit

sal n (definite singular salet, indefinite plural sal, definite plural sala)

sale

Related termsEdit

selja, selje
marknad

ReferencesEdit

“sal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

NovialEdit

VerbEdit

sal (past saled, active participle salent)

(auxiliary) shall, will, goes in front of a verb in order to mark it as having the future tense

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *sailą (“rope”). Cognate with Old Saxon sēl (Dutch zeel), Old High German seil (German Seil).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /sɑːl/

NounEdit

sāl m

rope, cord, rein

DeclensionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

English: sole

Old SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin salem, accusative of sāl.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈsal]

NounEdit

sal f (plural sales)

salt
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 61r.
  Et ſu ṕpriedat es de aborrecer la ſal tanto que bié parece que a entramas grand enemiztat. ca ſi las ponen en uno. quiebra la piedra ¬ mueles; ¬ la ſal pierde la ſalgadumbre que a en ella.
  And its property is that it loathes salt so much that it would seem that there is a great enmity between them both, for if they are placed together, the stone breaks, and the salt loses all the saltiness within.

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Spanish: sal

PortugueseEdit

Saleiros com sal.

PronunciationEdit

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɫ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw/
Rhymes: -aw

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese sal, from Latin sāl, salem (“salt, wit”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- (“salt”).

NounEdit

sal m (plural sais)

salt (sodium chloride, a substance used as a condiment and preservative)
Synonyms: cloreto de sódio, sal de cozinha
(chemistry) salt (any compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base)
(usually in the plural) bath salt (any of several inorganic salts sometimes added to bath water)
Synonym: sal de banho
(figuratively) wit; the quality of being engaging
Synonym: graça