salāts – Latvian noun declension

Noun: salāts
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	salāts
Accusative	salātu
Genitive	salāta
Dative	salātam
Instrumental	salātu
Locative	salātā
Vocative	salāt

Plural

Nominative	salāti
Accusative	salātus
Genitive	salātu
Dative	salātiem
Instrumental	salātiem
Locative	salātos
Vocative	salāti

Sample Sentences

dārza salāts (garden lettuce)
lapu salāts (leafy lettuce)
salāti kā kultūra Eiropā parādījās 16. gadsimta vidū, bet senajiem grieķiem, romiešiem un ēģiptiešiem tie jau bija zināmi (lettuce as culture (= planted) appeared in Europe in the middle o the 16th century, but it was already known to (ancient) Greeks, Romans and Egyptions before that)
sagriezt salātus (to cut, chop the lettuce)
sestdien cepta karaša, gabals saziedējušas rupjmaizes un ar krējumu un rūgušpienu sataisīti salāti (on Satudary, (there is) baked flatbread, a piece of hardened rye bread and lettuce prepared with cream and curd milk)
dārzeņu, biešu, burkānu salāti (vegetable, beet, carrot salad)
augļu salāti (fruit salad)
sēņu salāti (mushroom salad)
gaļas salāti (meat salad)
salātu trauks (salad bowl)
izmērcētas pupiņas novāra, gurķus sarīvē skaidās, tomātus sagriež šķēlītēs, lokus sīki sasmalcina... visas salātu sastāvdaļas samaisa... (one cooks the seasoned beans, one cuts the cucumbers into slivers, the tomatoes into slices, the chive into small pieces... all (these) salad ingredients are (then) mixed...)
aukstajā galdā dažādus salātus pasniedz kā papildinājumu gaļas un zivju ēdieniem (in a cold table (= table with cold foods), some kinds of salads are served as complement to meat and fish dishes)

Nouns inflected like salāts

gredzens, greznums, sniegs, salāts, sakars, diftongs, smaids, sonets, sivēns, dienests, piecnieks, skudrs, skvērs, skaits, pacients, vilciens, realizējums, skatiens, izskats, spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Via other European languages (cf. French salade, German Salat, Russian сала́т (salát)), ultimately a borrowing from Vulgar Latin salāta, from saliō (“to salt”), from sal (“salt”), apparently initially a reference to the sauce (e.g., “salted vegetables”). See: French Nouns 'salade', German Nouns 'Salat'.