paduse

From pa- +‎ an older term *dusa (“arm, shoulder”) (maybe *dusis?), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dus-, from the zero grade *dus- of Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“arm”) (whence Sanskrit दोषान् (doṣán-), दो (do, “arm, forearm”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱- (daoš-, “upper arm, shoulder”)). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic пазуха (pazuxa), Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian па́зуха (pázuxa), Czech, Polish pazucha.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [padusɛ]

paduse f (5th declension)

1. (anatomy) armpit (cavity beneath the junction of arm and shoulder)

   paduses artērija ― armpit (= axillary) artery

   turēt ko padusē ― to hold something in one's armpit

   likt, ielikt termometru padusē ― to set a thermometer into someone's armpit

2. (botany) space under a stem or (forked) branch

   lapu paduses ― leaf armpit (= area under the stem)