paduse

See also: padusē

Latvian

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]

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paduse f (5th declension)

(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
(botany) space under a stem or (forked) branch
lapu paduses ― leaf armpit (= area under the stem)

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