salarium

Latin

Etymology

    Nominalization of salārius (of or pertaining to salt). See English salary for commentary on the shift in meaning.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    salārium n (genitive salāriī or salārī); second declension

    1. a salary, stipend, allowance, pension
    2. a meal

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative salārium salāria
    genitive salāriī
    salārī1
    salāriōrum
    dative salāriō salāriīs
    accusative salārium salāria
    ablative salāriō salāriīs
    vocative salārium salāria

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Descendants

    • Catalan: salari
    • Dutch: salaris
    • Italian: salario
    • Old French: salaire
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: salário, salairo, salayro, selario, solairo
    • Old Spanish:
    • Romanian: salariu

    References

    Polish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin salārium.

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /saˈla.rjum/
    • Rhymes: -arjum
    • Syllabification: sa‧la‧rium

    Noun

    salarium n (related adjective salaryjny)

    1. (obsolete) synonym of wynagrodzenie (salary)

    Declension

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