CilmeFrom the stem of the verb salt (“to freeze”), of which it was the past participle. Cognates include Lithuanian šáltas, Old Prussian salta (< *salts).
- cold, frosty, freezing, frozen (having very low temperature)
“salts pavasaris” — cold spring
“salta nakts” — cold night
“zeme jau ir salta” — the earth is already frozen
- cold (relating to the feelings caused by low temperatures)
“salti sviedri” — cold sweat
“saltas tirpas noskrien pār visu ķermeni” — a cold tingling ran over (his) whole body
“slapji cimdi iedzen visā ķermenī saltus drebuļus” — wet gloves drove cold chills into (his) whole body
- figuratively, usuallycold, uncomfortable, unpleasant
“salts baltums” — cold white(ness)
“sirma dīzegle saltajā klusumā trīc” — the gray fir tree trembled in the cold silence
- cold (which shows no feelings, insensitive, unresponsive, unfriendly)
“salts egoisms, nicinājums” — cold selfishness, contempt
“salts miers” — cold piece, quiet
“virsnieka sejā izzuda saltā, nedzīvā izteiksme” — on the officer's face the cold, lifeless expression disappeared
- form-of, indefinite, participle, passive, pastindefinite past passive participle of salt
Formassaltais(definite) · saltāks(comparative) · vissaltākais(superlative) · salti(adverb) · salts(masculine, nominative, singular) · salti(masculine, nominative, plural) · salta(feminine, nominative, singular) · saltas(feminine, nominative, plural) · salta(genitive, masculine, singular) · saltu(genitive, masculine, plural) · saltas(feminine, genitive, singular) · saltu(feminine, genitive, plural) · saltam(dative, masculine, singular) · saltiem(dative, masculine, plural) · saltai(dative, feminine, singular) · saltām(dative, feminine, plural) · saltu(accusative, masculine, singular) · saltus(accusative, masculine, plural) · saltu(accusative, feminine, singular) · saltas(accusative, feminine, plural)