šķidrs

Etymology

From the same stem as šķīst (“to dissolve, to melt”) (q.v.): Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰēi- (“clear, light, shiny”). With an extra suffix -d, it lead to two Proto-Baltic variants, one voiceless (with an extra s-mobile) and one voiced: *skied-, *skaid-, *skid- (whence, with an extra suffix -ru-s, šķidrs, skaidrs (“clear”), and also — with a different suffix — skaists (“beautiful”)), and *gied-, *gaid-, *gid- (whence, also with an extra -ru-s, dzidrs (“clear, limpid”), which is etymologically a variant of šķidrs), with some form influence between the two variants. The meaning evolved from “clear, limpid” > “(liquid) having no sediment, no sludge” > “liquid.” A different opinion is that šķidrs might ultimately derive from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, to slice”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃcidɾs]

Adjective

1. liquid

2. liquid, thin

3. thin, sparse

4. thin, worn off

5. thin, sparse

6. thin (having low density)

7. thin, (scattered) few, not much, unimpressive, not good

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