[səˈlat], [saˈlat]
OrigenSo called because the people are said to use sa instead of la. The resemblance with the past participle of salar (“to salt”) is coincidental.
- salty: the use of articles with s in certain Catalan dialects, as opposed to the usual ones with l; these articles descend from Latin ipse and its forms, rather than ille, from which the articles in other Catalan dialects and Romance languages descended
“el → es, so”
“la → sa”
“l' → s'”
- salty
- salted
- masculinesaltwort, saltbush (any of various halophytic shrubs, particularly of the genera Suaeda, Salsola, and Atriplex)
- masculinesalat (obligatory daily prayer in Islam)
- form-of, participle, pastpast participle of salar
Formessalada(feminine) · salats(masculine, plural) · salades(feminine, plural) · salats(plural)