sâl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sal"

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin salem.

Noun

sâl f (plural sâls) (ORB, broad)

salt

References

sel in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
sâl in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun

sâl m (plural sâls)

salt

Related terms

salâ

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saːl/
Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given an etymology by GPC. Maybe a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”) (whence Sanskrit स्खल् (skhal, “to stumble, fail”), Persian (sekarfidan, “to stumble”), Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to bring down”), σφάλλομαι (sphállomai, “to fall”), Old Armenian սխալեմ (sxalem, “to stumble, fail”), and perhaps Latin fallō (“to deceive”)), with assimilation of the -gʷʰh₂- into a long â vowel?”

Adjective

sâl (feminine singular sâl, plural seilion, equative saled, comparative salach, superlative salaf, not mutable)

ill, sick, unwell
Synonyms: afiach, claf, gwael, nychlyd, tost
shoddy, shabby, poor, paltry
Synonyms: gwael, di-raen, pitw

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See sêl.

Noun

sâl f (plural saloedd or sâls, not mutable)

Alternative form of sêl (“sale; auction”)

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies