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skābums
skābums
Latvian
Noun
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
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
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7