solta

See also: Solta, soltá, Šolta, and šołta

Catalan

Etymology

From solt + -a.

Pronunciation

Adjective

solta

  1. feminine singular of solt

Noun

solta f (plural soltes)

  1. coherence, method

Derived terms

  • sense solta ni volta

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

From solto (loose). Attested since the 15th century.

Alternative forms

  • soltia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔltɐ]

Adjective

solta

  1. feminine singular of solto

Noun

solta f (plural soltas)

  1. hobble; chain or rope used to tie together two limps of an animal, so restricting its movement
    • c1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 59:
      digamos que o Cauallo deue no preseuel estar en dous arretaes et en duas soltas asy postas que lle non danen os pees.
      Let's say that the horse must be at the manger tied with two ropes and two hobbles so set as not to damage the feet
    Synonyms: péga, pexa, traba
  2. any rope or chain used analogously in a cart, for retaining the load

Etymology 2

Back-formation from soltar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsoltɐ]

Noun

solta f (plural soltas)

  1. release

References

  • solta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • solta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • solta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • solta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • solta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Participle

solta f sg

  1. feminine singular of solto

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

solta f (definite singular solta, indefinite plural solter or soltor, definite plural soltene or soltone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of solte
  2. definite singular of solte

Portuguese

Adjective

solta

  1. feminine singular of solto

Verb

solta

  1. inflection of soltar:
    1. short feminine singular past participle
    2. third-person singular present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
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