Meaning of salns | Babel Free

Definitions

1. roan-colored (having the kind of color created by even mixture of white and colored hairs)
2. having a color similar to that of a roan horse
3. grayish
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“salna ķēve”

roan mare

“Mārcis piekļāva galvu salnā kumeļa krēpēm”

Mārcis pressed (his) head in (= against) the roan colt's mane

“salnais sāk rikšot”

the roan one (= horse) started trotting, cantering

“pavasaros zaļš un skaļš, ziemās salns”

in spring green and noisy, in winter roan (= whitish brown)

“debesīs auļo mākoņi salni”

in the sky roan (= whitish brown) clouds gallop

“tīk, netīk melnu matu zīds, / bet cienām galvu salnu”

the silk of black hair (= younger people) may please or not please / but we respect a roan (= grayish) head (= older people)

“dzirdot jaunās atraitnes skumji priecīgo balsi, viņa salnajā bārdā noritēja dažas asaras”

hearing the sadly joyful voice of the young widow, a few tears moved in his roan (= grayish) beard

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