kvas

See also: kvaš

English

Noun

kvas (countable and uncountable, plural kvases)

1. Alternative spelling of kvass

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvas]

Etymology 1

From Old Czech kvas, from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Noun

kvas m inan

1. sourdough
2. kvass
3. ferment
4. feast of food

Verb

kvas

1. second-person singular imperative of kvasit

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvas/

• Audio:

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Noun

kvas m (uncountable)

1. kvass (traditional Slavic drink)

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Noun

kvas m or f (invariable)

1. kvass (traditional Slavic drink)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋâːs/

Noun

kvȃs m (Cyrillic spelling ква̑с)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of kvásac (“yeast”)

Declension

Declension of kvas

	singular	plural
nominative	kvas	kvasovi
genitive	kvasa	kvasova
dative	kvasu	kvasovima
accusative	kvas	kvasove
vocative	kvase	kvasovi
locative	kvasu	kvasovima
instrumental	kvasom	kvasovima

Etymology 2

From Russian квас (kvas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋâːs/

Noun

kvȃs m (Cyrillic spelling ква̑с)

1. kvass

Declension

Declension of kvas

	singular	plural
nominative	kvȃs	kvȁsovi
genitive	kvasa	kvasova
dative	kvasu	kvasovima
accusative	kvas	kvasove
vocative	kvase	kvasovi
locative	kvasu	kvasovima
instrumental	kvasom	kvasovima

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvas/

Noun

1. kvass (traditional Slavic drink)

Declension

Declension of kvas

	singulare tantum
nominative	kvas
genitive	kvasu
dative	kvasu
accusative	kvas
locative	kvase
instrumental	kvasom

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋáːs/

Noun

kvȃs m inan

1. yeast

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kvás
gen. sing.	kvása
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kvás	kvása	kvási
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kvása	kvásov	kvásov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kvásu	kvásoma	kvásom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kvás	kvása	kváse
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kvásu	kvásih	kvásih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kvásom	kvásoma	kvási

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

kvas

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡbas/ [ˈɡβ̞as]

Noun

kvas m (plural kvases)

1. kvass (traditional Slavic drink)
   • kvas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es