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saliva

See also: salivá, salivă, and Saliva

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Etymology edit

A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle English salive, salve (“saliva”), from the same Latin source. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow.

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: sə-līʹ-və, IPA(key): /səˈlaɪvə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧va
  • Rhymes: -aɪvə

Noun edit

saliva (countable and uncountable, plural salivas or salivae or salivæ)

  1. (physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.
    Synonyms: spit, spittle

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Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin salīva. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

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Noun edit

saliva f (plural salives)

  1. saliva
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References edit

  1. ^ “saliva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Verb edit

saliva

  1. inflection of salivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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saliva

  1. third-person singular past historic of saliver

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Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saˈli.va/
  • Rhymes: -iva
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lì‧va

Etymology 1 edit

 
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From Latin salīva.

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saliva f (plural salive)

  1. (physiology) saliva, spittle, spit
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

saliva

  1. inflection of salivare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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saliva

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of salire

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Etymology edit

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *solH- (compare Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, English sallow, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”)).[1] May alternatively be of independent expressive/onomatopoeic origin; compare Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon).

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Noun edit

salīva f (genitive salīvae); first declension

  1. spittle, saliva

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative salīva salīvae
Genitive salīvae salīvārum
Dative salīvae salīvīs
Accusative salīvam salīvās
Ablative salīvā salīvīs
Vocative salīva salīvae

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References edit

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “saliva”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 468

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Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: sa‧li‧va

Etymology 1 edit

 
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From Latin salīva, probably borrowed.

Noun edit

saliva f (plural salivas)

  1. saliva, spittle (liquid secreted into the mouth)

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Verb edit

saliva

  1. inflection of salivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French saliver, from Latin salivare.

Verb edit

a saliva (third-person singular present salivează, past participle salivat) 1st conj.

  1. to salivate
Conjugation edit
    conjugation of saliva (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a saliva
gerund salivând
past participle salivat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present salivez salivezi salivează salivăm salivați salivează
imperfect salivam salivai saliva salivam salivați salivau
simple perfect salivai salivași salivă salivarăm salivarăți salivară
pluperfect salivasem salivaseși salivase salivaserăm salivaserăți salivaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să salivez să salivezi să saliveze să salivăm să salivați să saliveze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative salivează salivați
negative nu saliva nu salivați

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saliva f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of salivă

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saˈliba/ [saˈli.β̞a]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: sa‧li‧va

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin salīva, probably borrowed.[1]

Noun edit

saliva f (plural salivas)

  1. saliva, spittle
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

saliva

  1. inflection of salivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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