skābēt
See also: skabet
Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as skābt (“to go sour”) (q.v.), of which it was originally the causative form.[1]
Verb
skābēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present skābēju, skābē, skābē, past skābēju)
- to make sour, to pickle (to preserve food, usually vegetables, by using lactic fermentation)
- skābēt ābolus ― to pickle apples
- skābēt sēnes ― to pickle mushrooms
- skābēti gurķi ― pickled cucumbers
- skābēti kāposti ― sauerkraut (lit. pickled cabbage)
- viņi gatavoja ziemai savus mājokļus... skābēja kapostus milzīgos koka toveros ― they were preparing their houses for winter... (they) pickled cabbages in huge wooden tubs
Conjugation
conjugation of skābēt
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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