skābums
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From skābs (“sour, acid”) + -ums. In the 1850s, K. Valdemārs tried to use skābums in the sense of “acid (chemical substance),” but without success: skābe, which already existed at the time, became the standard term for this sense.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skābums m (1st declension)
- sourness, acidity (the quality of that which is sour, acid in taste (but also in smell); a substance with acidic properties)
- šķīduma skābums ― solution acidity
- kuņģa sulas skābums ― the acidity of gastric juice
- nevarēju saprast, vai viņam tā šķobīt seju lika ogu skābums vai pēkšņa smieklu lēkme ― I couldn't understand if it was the sourness of the berries or the sudden laughter that made his face (look) so shaken
- augsnes skābums rodas galvenokārt dažādu mikrobioloģisku procesu rezultātā ― the acidity of the soil is a result of several microbiological processes
- mucām līdzi no pagraba atnākusi skābuma un pelējuma smaka ― together with the barrels from the cellar came a smell of sourness and mold
Declension edit
Declension of skābums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | skābums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | skābumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | skābuma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | skābumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | skābumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | skābumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | skābum | — |
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN