CilmeA 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.
- declension-5, feminineacid (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
Formasskābe(nominative, singular) · skābes(nominative, plural) · skābes(genitive, singular) · skābju(genitive, plural) · skābei(dative, singular) · skābēm(dative, plural) · skābi(accusative, singular) · skābes(accusative, plural) · skābi(instrumental, singular) · skābēm(instrumental, plural) · skābē(locative, singular) · skābēs(locative, plural) · skābe(singular, vocative) · skābes(plural, vocative)