skābējs gaiss

Latvian

Etymology

A term coined in the mid-19th century by K. Valdemārs, later reduced to skābējs. It never became popular and was soon replaced by the modern term skābeklis.[1]

Noun

skābējs gaiss m (1st declension)

  1. (obsolete term) oxygen

Declension

Declension of skābējs gaiss (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative skābējs gaiss —
genitive skābēja gaisa —
dative skābējam gaisam —
accusative skābēju gaisu —
instrumental skābēju gaisu —
locative skābējā gaisā —
vocative — —

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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