salve

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.

Verb

1. (transitive) To calm or assuage.
2. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
3. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
4. (dated) To salvage.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
2. (obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
3. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.

Intj

Hail; a greeting.

Verb

To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.

Concepten

zalf

balsem

pommade

smeersel

sussen

verbloemen

zalven

balsemen

Synoniemen

ointment

unguent

balm

salvage

save

liniment

unction

plaster

balsam

relieve

rescue

annoint

lotion

paint

polish

🇵🇱

relief

remedy

solace

treat

deliver from

lip salve

medicine

💊

anoint

healing ointment

bail

cerate

comfort

consolation

cream

cure

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

embrocation

grease

heal

medicament

oil

Vertalingen

unguento

ungüento

Salbe

pommade

pomata

ungüento

pomada

baume

onguent

αλοιφή

balsamo

salvare

unguentum

ungüent

bàlsam

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sɑːv/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: salve

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sealf

Verwant aan Middle Low German: salve

Verwant aan Deens: salve

Verwant aan Nederlands: zalf

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: salba

Verwant aan Duits: Salbe

Verwant aan Gothisch: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃

Verwant aan Albanees: gjalpë

Verwant aan Sanskriet: सर्पिस्

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: ἔλπος

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sealfian

In summary

From Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō, from Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”).
Cognates
Cognate with Middle Low German salve (Danish salve, Dutch zalf), Old High German salba (German Salbe), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 (salbōns), Albanian gjalpë (“butter”), Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).