sāls

Etymology
From, , from , from , , perhaps related to the homophonous stem.

In, both an i-stem and an iyo-stem ( >  > ) were formed, yielding present-day , feminine, genitive , and , masculine, genitive. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (< ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, genitive, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, genitive , 🇨🇬, genitive , 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) salt white crystalline substance — sodium chloride or NaCl — used for seasoning food
 * 2)  salt result of a chemical reaction between an acid and a base
 * 1)  salt result of a chemical reaction between an acid and a base
 * 1)  salt result of a chemical reaction between an acid and a base

Usage notes
Although officially a feminine sixth-declension noun in standard Latvian, is often used in colloquial Latvian as a masculine second-declension noun.