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salts

1. plural of salt

salts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of salt

• lasts, slats

salts

1. plural of salt

salts n

1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

salts n

1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

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]

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salts (definite saltais, comparative saltāks, superlative vissaltākais, adverb salti)

1. 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

2. 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

3. (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

4. (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

• auksts
• vēss, dzestrs, svaigs, spirgts

• karsts
• silts

• saltums

salts (definite saltais)

1. indefinite past passive participle of salt

salts

1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of saltr (“salty”)

salts

1. indefinite genitive singular of salt (“salt”)

salts

1. indefinite genitive singular of salt

• lasts, stals