kvass
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kvass (countable and uncountable, plural kvasses)
- 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 […] ”
Translations edit
fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
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Further reading edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kvass m (definite singular kvassen, indefinite plural kvasser, definite plural kvassene)
- (beverage) kvass
Etymology 2 edit
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Adjective edit
kvass (neuter singular kvast, definite singular and plural kvasse, comparative kvassere, indefinite superlative kvassest, definite superlative kvasseste)
- sharp
- Pass på, den kniven kan være kvass.
- Watch out, that knife could be sharp.
- sharp, clever, witty
- Han er en kvass gutt.
- He is a sharp boy.
- sharp, abrupt, acute
- De hørte et kvast skrik.
- They heard a sharp scream.
Synonyms edit
References edit
“kvass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kvass m (definite singular kvassen, indefinite plural kvassar, definite plural kvassane)
- (beverage) kvass
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
kvass (neuter singular kvast, definite singular and plural kvasse, comparative kvassare, indefinite superlative kvassast, definite superlative kvassaste)
- 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)
- sharp, clever, witty
- sharp, abrupt, acute
Synonyms edit
References edit
“kvass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.