evet

See also: évet and évét

English

Alternative forms

• evat

Etymology

See eft.

Noun

evet (plural evets)

1. The common newt or eft.
2. (US) Any of several species of aquatic salamanders.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “evet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛvɛt]

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• Hyphenation: evet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

evet (plural evetek)

1. (archaic) squirrel

   Synonym: mókus

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	evet	evetek
accusative	evetet	eveteket
dative	evetnek	eveteknek
instrumental	evettel	evetekkel
causal-final	evetért	evetekért
translative	evetté	evetekké
terminative	evetig	evetekig
essive-formal	evetként	evetekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	evetben	evetekben
superessive	eveten	eveteken
adessive	evetnél	eveteknél
illative	evetbe	evetekbe
sublative	evetre	evetekre
allative	evethez	evetekhez
elative	evetből	evetekből
delative	evetről	evetekről
ablative	evettől	evetektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	eveté	eveteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	evetéi	evetekéi

Possessive forms of evet
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	evetem	evetjeim
2nd person sing.	eveted	evetjeid
3rd person sing.	evetje	evetjei
1st person plural	evetünk	evetjeink
2nd person plural	evetetek	evetjeitek
3rd person plural	evetjük	evetjeik

Further reading

• evet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• evet in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish أوت (evet), from Proto-Turkic *ebe (“good”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰀𐰢𐱅 (yemet, “yes”), Chuvash аван (avan). Replaced the formerly prevalent ha (“yes”), now largely limited to dialectal and colloquial use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.vet/, [e̞ˈvet̪ʰ], (informal, some speakers) [e̞ːt̪ʰ]

Interjection

evet

1. yes

Particle

evet

1. yes

Synonyms

• ha

Antonyms

• hayır
• yok