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]
Noun
skābe f (5th declension)
- (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 (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | skābe | skābes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | skābi | skābes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | skābes | skābju |
| dative (datīvs) | skābei | skābēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | skābi | skābēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | skābē | skābēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | skābe | skābes |
Derived terms
- aminoskābe
- taukskābe
Related terms
- skābeklis
- skābs, skābums
- skābt, skābēt
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN