skābēt

From the same stem as skābt (“to go sour”) (q.v.), of which it was originally the causative form.^[1]

skābēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present skābēju, skābē, skābē, past skābēju)

1. 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

• skābe
• skābeklis
• skābs, skābums
• skābt