salna on Latvian Wikipedia

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śalˀnā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolH-n-eh₂. Morphologically from the salt (“to freeze”). Historically (and dialectally), salna was often used to mean the same as sarma or sals.^[1] Cognate with Lithuanian šalná and Proto-Slavic *solna.

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salna f (4th declension)

1. (weather) light frost, especially in spring or winter, with temperatures below 0°C at night

   pavasara salna ― spring frost

   salna nokodusi puķes ― frost bitten flowers

   augļu dārzu aizsardzība pret salnām ― orchard protection against frost

2. thin layer of ice crystals that form under such low temperatures

   balta salna klāj zāli ― white forst covered the grass

• sals
• sarma

• salnas mēnesis

salna

1. inflection of salns:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine