skābe

See also: skabe and skābē

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined in the 19th century from skāb(t) (“to go sour”) +‎ -e, first attested in dictionaries of that time. In the 1850s, K. Valdemārs tried to use the term skābums in the sense of “acid,” but without success: skābe became the standard term for this sense.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

skābe f (5th declension)

  1. (chemistry) acid (a sour substance that reacts with a base to produce a salt)
    stipra, vāja skābe ― strong, weak acid
    organiskā skābe ― organic acid
    skābju savienojumi ― acid compounds
    skābekli saturošas skābes ― oxygen-containing acids

Declension

Declension of skābe (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative skābe skābes
genitive skābes skābju
dative skābei skābēm
accusative skābi skābes
instrumental skābi skābēm
locative skābē skābēs
vocative skābe skābes

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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