From Dutchzal, singular of zullen, from Middle Dutchsullen, from Old Dutch*sulan, from Proto-West Germanic*skulan, from Proto-Germanic*skulaną.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sal/
Verb
sal (presentsal, pastsou)
shall, will
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latinsal
Noun
salf
salt
References
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “sal”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latinsāl, salem.
Noun
salm (pluralsales)
salt
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitansal, from Latinsāl, salem, from Proto-Indo-European*seh₂l-.
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsal/
Noun
salf (pluralsals)
salt
Related terms
salar
Further reading
“sal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“sal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“sal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“sal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chairel
Noun
sal
sun
References
W. McCulloch, Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages (1859, Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company)
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanishsal(“salt”).
Noun
sal
salt
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norsesalr, from Proto-Germanic*saliz, cognate with GermanSaal, Dutchzaal. The Germanic word was borrowed to Frenchsalon.
From Old Galician and Old Portuguesesal, from Latinsāl, salem.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [s̺al]
Noun
salm
salt
Derived terms
saleiro
Related terms
As Saíñas
References
“sal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
“sal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“sal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“sal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sal
sun, day, daytime
a 24 hour period
classifier for days
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguesesal. Cognate with Kabuverdianusal.
Noun
sal
salt
Icelandic
Noun
sal
indefinite accusative singular of salur
indefinite dative singular of salur
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutchzaal, from Middle Dutchsale, from Old Dutchsala, from Proto-West Germanic*sali, from Proto-Germanic*saliz, from Proto-Indo-European*sol-, *sel-(“human settlement, village, dwelling”). Cognate of Afrikaanssaal(“hall, large room”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sal/
Noun
sal (plural, first-person possessivesalku, second-person possessivesalmu, third-person possessivesalnya)
a large room, hall
(healthcare, medicine)ward
Synonyms
bangsal
Further reading
“sal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
sal (pluralsales)
salt(substance consisting of positive and negative ions)
Related terms
salin
Irish
Noun
salf (genitive singularsaile) or salm (genitive singularsail)
Alternative form of sail(“dirt; stain”)
Declension
As masculine first-declension noun:
As feminine second-declension noun:
Mutation
Istriot
Etymology
From Latinsāl, salem.
Noun
sal
salt
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguesesal.
Noun
sal
salt
Proper noun
sal
(Sal) Sal
One of the ten islands of Cape Verde
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic*sāls, from Proto-Indo-European*séh₂ls.
Cognates include Sanskritसर(sará), Old Armenianաղ(ał), Ancient Greekἅλς(háls), Tocharian Asāle, and Old Englishsealt (English salt).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /saːl/, [s̠aːɫ̪]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sal/
Noun
sālm (genitivesalis); third declension
salt
(figuratively) wit
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Usage notes
Sāl is occasionally found as a neuter noun in the singular. A neuter by-form sale (genitive salis) is also occasionally found, e.g. in Ennius Ann. 385 and Varro d. Non. 223, 17.
Derived terms
salō
saliō
sāl petrae (stone salt; that is, found as an incrustation)
Descendants
Middle Dutch
Verb
sal
first/third-person singular present indicative of sullen
(auxiliary) shall, will, goes in front of a verb in order to mark it as having the future tense
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*sail, from Proto-Germanic*sailą(“rope”).
Cognate with Old Saxonsēl (Dutchzeel), Old High Germanseil (GermanSeil).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sɑːl/
Noun
sālm
rope, cord, rein
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Middle English: sal, sole, soole
Scots: sale, saill, saile, seill, seale
English: sole
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic*salā.
Noun
salf (genitivesaile)
dirt
filth, stain
c.800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92d12
Inflection
Related terms
salach
Descendants
Irish: sail
Scottish Gaelic: sal
Mutation
References
Further reading
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latinsalem, accusative of sāl.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈsal]
Noun
salf (pluralsales)
salt
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 61r.
Et ſu ṕpriedat es de aborrecer la ſal tanto que bié parece que a entramas grand enemiztat. ca ſi las ponen en uno. quiebra la piedra ¬ mueles; ¬ la ſal pierde la ſalgadumbre que a en ella.
And its property is that it loathes salt so much that it would seem that there is a great enmity between them both, for if they are placed together, the stone breaks, and the salt loses all the saltiness within.
Related terms
salado
salgadumbre
salgadura
Descendants
Spanish: sal
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Latinsāl, salem.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sal/
Noun
salm or f
salt
Portuguese
Pronunciation
(Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsaɫ/
Rhymes: -aɫ
(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsaw/, [ˈs̻äʊ̯]
Rhymes: -aw
Hyphenation: sal
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguesesal, from Latinsāl, salem(“salt, wit”), from Proto-Indo-European*seh₂l-(“salt”).
Noun
salm (pluralsais)
salt(sodium chloride, a substance used as a condiment and preservative)
Synonyms:cloreto de sódio, sal de cozinha
(chemistry)salt(any compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base)
(usually in the plural)bath salt(any of several inorganic salts sometimes added to bath water)
Synonym:sal de banho
(figuratively)wit; the quality of being engaging
Synonym:graça
Derived terms
salzinho(diminutive)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
salm (pluralsais)
(rare)sal(Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree)
Rohingya
Alternative forms
𐴏𐴝𐴓𐴢 (sal) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Noun
sal (Hanifi spelling𐴏𐴝𐴓𐴢)
roof
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkishşal, from Persianشال (šāl).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sal/
Noun
saln (pluralsaluri)
(rare) shawl, scarf
Synonym:șal
Etymology 2
Shortened form of salut.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sa(ː)l/
Interjection
sal!
(informal) hey!
(informal) bye!
Synonyms
salut (1, 2)
pa (2)
Romansch
Alternative forms
(Puter)sel
Etymology
From Latinsāl, salem., from Proto-Indo-European*séh₂ls.
Noun
salm
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) salt
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sal/
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: sal
Etymology 1
From Old Spanishsal, from Latinsāl, salem (compare Catalansal, Frenchsel, Italiansale, Portuguesesal, Romaniansare), from Proto-Indo-European*seh₂l-, a root shared by Englishsalt. It is not known how the noun became feminine.
Noun
salf (pluralsales)
salt; table salt
Synonyms:sal común, sal de mesa
(chemistry) salt
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sal
Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of salir.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norsesalr, from Proto-Germanic*saliz, from Proto-Indo-European*sol-, *sel-.
Pronunciation
Noun
salc
a large room (for dining or meetings)
Declension
Related terms
hörsal
läsesal
matsal
Further reading
sal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Anagrams
als
Tocharian B
Adjective
sal
dirty
Turkish
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sal (definite accusativesalı, pluralsallar)
raft
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkishسل (sal, sel), from Arabicسَلَّ (salla, “to draw, to unsheathe”).
Verb
sal
second-person singular imperative of salmak
References
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) , “sal”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2647