āda

From Proto-Baltic *ād-, from Proto-Indo-European *ādʰ-, a parallel form of *āǵ- (“goat”) (whence Latvian āzis (“billy-goat”), q.v.). The term may originally have been adjectival (cf. Lithuanian ódinis (“skin, of skin”)). A relationship between terms for “goat” and “skin” is not infrequent in Indo-European; cf. Russian коза (kozá, “goat”), кожа (kóža, “skin”), or Sanskrit अजा (ajā, “she-goat”), अजिनम् (ajínam, “skin”). In Latvian, the term expanded its meaning to cover both human and animal skin (or fur), as well as animal skin as material for making objects, ideas often distinguished in other languages (e.g., German Haut, Fell, and Leder). The original meaning is perhaps preserved in the Finnish borrowing vuota (“(raw) hide, pelt”). Cognates include Lithuanian óda, Sanskrit अत्कः (átkaḥ, “armor, outfit”) (< *aǵ-ko-), Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “leather wine-skin”), Albanian dhi (“goat”) (< *ādʰ-i).[1]

• IPA^(key): [âːda]

āda f (4th declension)

1. (anatomy) skin (external cover of the (human or animal) body)

   sejas āda ― facial skin

   gluda, maiga āda ― smooth, soft skin

   krunkaina āda ― wrinkled skin

   ādas slimības ― skin diseases

   pārstādīt ādu ― transplant skin

   kopt ādu ― to take care of one's skin

   čūska met ādu ― the snake is throwing (= leaving) its skin

   zirgam uz kakla noberzta āda ― the horse has sore skin on its neck

2. leather (animal skin especially treated to make clothes)

   ādas apstrādāšana ― leather processing

   ādu fabrika ― leather factory

   ādas mētelis, josta, cimdi ― leather coat, belt, gloves

   kurpes ar ādas zoli ― shoes with leather soles

   miecēt ādas ― to tan skin

• bebrāda, bebra āda
• caunāda, caunas āda
• sermuļāda, sermuļa āda
• priekšāda, priekšādiņa