sal

Meaning

1. (declension-3) salt
2. (declension-3, figuratively) wit
3. (declension-3, poetic) brine, salt water, the sea

Concepts

salt

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seawater

sea water

humor

humour

salt pan

sodium chloride

Synonyms

sāl

festivitas

facetiae

Translations

sel

🧂

Salz

🧂

sal

🧂

sal

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zout

🧂

sale

🧂

αλάτι

sal

🧂

tuz

🧂

ملح

🧂

Kochsalz

Tafelsalz

Speisesalz

🧂

مِلْح

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsaːɫ]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls. The contrast between long ā in the nominative singular and short a in the oblique forms has been interpreted as an archaic ablaut pattern that may be paralleled by pār-paris, mās-maris, and lār-laris.
Cognates include Latvian sāls, Sanskrit सर (sará), Old Armenian աղ (ał), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), Tocharian A sāle, Old English sealt (English salt), Proto-Slavic *solь and borrowed into Etruscan 𐌀𐌋𐌑𐌀𐌔𐌄 (alśase).