skābe

See also: skabe and skābē

Latvian

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 skābestrong, weak acid
    organiskā skābeorganic acid
    skābju savienojumiacid compounds
    skābekli saturošas skābesoxygen-containing acids

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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