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kvass

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Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

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kvass (countable and uncountable, plural kvasses)

  1. A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.
    • 1966, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Fixer:
      She […] talked constantly, mostly of her childhood, the young ladies’ school she had attended, and the pleasures of Kiev in the summertime.
      “Days are long and hot, but nights are languorous and starlit. People refresh themselves in their flower gardens and some walk in the parks, drink kvass and lemonade, and listen to the symphonies […] ”

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Russian квас (kvas).

Noun

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kvass m (definite singular kvassen, indefinite plural kvasser, definite plural kvassene)

  1. (beverage) kvass

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hvass.

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Adjective

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kvass (neuter singular kvast, definite singular and plural kvasse, comparative kvassere, indefinite superlative kvassest, definite superlative kvasseste)

  1. sharp
    Pass på, den kniven kan være kvass.
    Watch out, that knife could be sharp.
  2. sharp, clever, witty
    Han er en kvass gutt.
    He is a sharp boy.
  3. sharp, abrupt, acute
    De hørte et kvast skrik.
    They heard a sharp scream.
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References

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“kvass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Russian квас (kvas).

Noun

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kvass m (definite singular kvassen, indefinite plural kvassar, definite plural kvassane)

  1. (beverage) kvass

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hvass.

Adjective

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kvass (neuter singular kvast, definite singular and plural kvasse, comparative kvassare, indefinite superlative kvassast, definite superlative kvassaste)

  1. sharp
    • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860 (quote from the Draumkvedet):
      Sæl er den Rike her i Verdi, som gjever den Fatike Korn: han tarv ikki ræddast paa Ødrum-Ferdi for kvasse Stutehorn.
      Happy is the rich one here in the world, who gives grain to the poor one: he shall not be afraid of the sharp ox horns on the Second Travel (after death)
  2. sharp, clever, witty
  3. sharp, abrupt, acute
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References

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“kvass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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