CilmeFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *śalˀnā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolH-n-eh₂. Morphologically from the salt (“to freeze”). Historically (and dialectally), salna was often used to mean the same as sarma or sals. Cognate with Lithuanian šalná and Proto-Slavic *solna.
- declension-4, femininelight frost, especially in spring or winter, with temperatures below 0°C at night
“pavasara salna” — spring frost
“salna nokodusi puķes” — frost bitten flowers
“augļu dārzu aizsardzība pret salnām” — orchard protection against frost
- declension-4, femininethin layer of ice crystals that form under such low temperatures
“balta salna klāj zāli” — white forst covered the grass
- form-of, genitive, masculine, singulargenitive masculine singular
- feminine, form-of, nominative, singularnominative feminine singular
Formassalna(nominative, singular) · salnas(nominative, plural) · salnas(genitive, singular) · salnu(genitive, plural) · salnai(dative, singular) · salnām(dative, plural) · salnu(accusative, singular) · salnas(accusative, plural) · salnu(instrumental, singular) · salnām(instrumental, plural) · salnā(locative, singular) · salnās(locative, plural) · salna(singular, vocative) · salnas(plural, vocative)
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