Latvian

Adjective

sāļš (def. sāļais, comp. sāļāks, sup. vissāļākais; adv. sāļi)

1. salty (having the taste typical of salt; containing salt, usually cooking salt)

   sāļš ēdiens‎ ― salty food

   sāļa garša‎ ― salty taste, flavor

   vēži ir sāļš, alus rūgts, tomēr garšo‎ ― crayfish is salty, (and) beer (is) bitter, yet they are tasty

   prieka un bēdu asaras ir vienādi saļas‎ ― tears 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, smaka‎ ― salty smell (e.g., of sea water)

   sāļa vēja smarža‎ ― salty smell of the wind

   četros pēcpusdienā kapteiņa vecākais palīgs Šika pieņēma sardzi; viņš izgāja uz spārna, ieelpoja sāļo gaisu‎ ― at 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 krunkās‎ ― the little man Rasa after every salty (= rude) joke jumped and wrinkled his chubby face into many tiny wrinkles

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "impolite, rude"): sālīts

Derived terms

• sāļums

Related terms

• sāls
• sālīt

See also

• garša

• The basic tastes (pamatgaršas):
  salds - rūgts - skābs - sāļš

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sāls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7