sweet water en · NOUN
Etymology
The concept of fresh water being sweet is widespread among multiple languages: Terms * PIE: ** Latin aqua dulcis ** Romance: *** Galician auga doce *** Esperanto dolĉakvo *** French eau douce *** Italian acqua dolce *** Norman ieau douoche *** Occitan aiga doça *** Portuguese água doce *** Romanian apă dulce *** Spanish agua dulce ** Ancient Greek γλυκύ ὕδωρ (glukú húdōr), Greek γλυκό νερό (glykó neró) ** Germanic: *** German Süßwasser *** Dutch zoet water *** Swedish sötvatten ** Latvian saldūdens ** Slavic: *** Czech sladká voda *** Macedonian слатка вода (slatka voda) *** Polish słodka woda *** Serbo-Croatian слатка вода *** Slovene sladka voda ** Persian آبِ شیرین ** Tajik оби ширин (ob-i širin) ** Indo-Aryan: *** Hindi मीठा पानी (mīṭhā pānī) *** Bengali মিঠা পানি (miṭha pani) *** Marathi गोड पाणी (goḍ pāṇī) *** Gujarati મીઠું પાણી (mīṭhũ pāṇī) * non PIE: ** Hungarian édesvíz ** Finnish makea vesi ** Turkish tatlı su ** Swahili maji matamu ** Malagasy ranomamy ** Vietnamese nước ngọt
Meanings
- (countable, uncommon, uncountable) Fresh water.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sweet waters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |