āda
Latvian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "bat-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL. *ād-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ādʰ-, a parallel form of *āǵ- (“goat”) (whence Latvian āzis (“billy-goat”), q.v.). The term may originally have been adjectival (cf. Lithuanian ódinis (“skin, of skin”)). A relationship between terms for “goat” and “skin” is not infrequent in Indo-European; cf. Russian коза (kozá, “goat”), кожа (kóža, “skin”), or Sanskrit अजा (ajā, “she-goat”), अजिनम् (ajínam, “skin”). In (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian, the term expanded its meaning to cover both human and animal skin (or fur), as well as animal skin as material for making objects, ideas often distinguished in other languages (e.g., German Haut, Fell, and Leder). The original meaning is perhaps preserved in the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Finnish borrowing vuota (“(raw) hide, pelt”). Cognates include Lithuanian óda, Sanskrit अत्कः (átkaḥ, “armor, outfit”) (< *aǵ-ko-), Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “leather wine-skin”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Albanian dhi (“goat”) (< *ādʰ-i).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
āda f (4th declension)
- (anatomy) skin (external cover of the (human or animal) body)
- sejas āda ― facial skin
- gluda, maiga āda ― smooth, soft skin
- krunkaina āda ― wrinkled skin
- ādas slimības ― skin diseases
- pārstādīt ādu ― transplant skin
- kopt ādu ― to take care of one's skin
- čūska met ādu ― the snake is throwing (= leaving) its skin
- zirgam uz kakla noberzta āda ― the horse has sore skin on its neck
- leather (animal skin especially treated to make clothes)
- ādas apstrādāšana ― leather processing
- ādu fabrika ― leather factory
- ādas mētelis, josta, cimdi ― leather coat, belt, gloves
- kurpes ar ādas zoli ― shoes with leather soles
- miecēt ādas ― to tan skin
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “āda”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN