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.

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 (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