skābe

== 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. === Pronunciation === === 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== aminoskābe taukskābe ==== Related terms ==== skābeklis skābs, skābums skābt, skābēt === References ===