квас

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Belarusian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian квасъ (kvas), from Old East Slavic квасъ (kvasŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

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Noun

квас (kvasm inan (genitive ква́са, nominative plural ква́сы, genitive plural ква́саў)

  1. kvass (a type of fermented no- or low-alcohol beverage, made from bread, often flavored with fruit)

Declension

References

  • квас” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • "квас" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum

Bulgarian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

квас (kvasm

  1. yeast
  2. kvass (a type of fermented no- or low-alcohol beverage, made from bread, often flavored with fruit)

Declension

References

  • квас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • квас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

квас (kvasm

  1. yeast
    Synonym: квасец m (kvasec)

Declension

Declension of квас
singular
indefinite квас (kvas)
definite unspecified квасот (kvasot)
definite proximal квасов (kvasov)
definite distal квасон (kvason)
vocative квасу (kvasu)

Derived terms

References

  • квас” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic квасъ (kvasŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (leaven, fermented drink).

Cognate with Latin cāseus whence English cheese, and Sanskrit क्वथ् (kvath, to boil).

Pronunciation

Noun

квас (kvasm inan (genitive ква́са, nominative plural квасы́, genitive plural квасо́в, relational adjective квасно́й, diminutive квасо́к)

  1. kvass (a type of fermented no- or low-alcohol beverage, made from bread, often flavored with fruit)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կվաս (kvas)
  • Chinese: 格瓦斯 (géwǎsī)
  • English: kvass
  • German: Kwass
  • Japanese: クワス (kuwasu)
  • Korean: 크바스 (keubaseu)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvass
  • Romanian: cvas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvass
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ква̑с
    Latin script: kvȃs
  • Yakut: кыбаас (kıbaas)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “квас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “квас”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 391

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ква̑с m (Latin spelling kvȃs)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ква́сац (yeast)
Declension

Further reading

  • квас”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

Pronunciation

Noun

ква̑с m (Latin spelling kvȃs)

  1. kvass
Declension

Further reading

  • квас”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian квасъ (kvas), from Old East Slavic квасъ (kvasŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (leaven, fermented drink).

Cognate with Latin cāseus whence English cheese, and Sanskrit क्वथ् (kvath, to boil).

Pronunciation

Noun

квас (kvasm inan (genitive ква́са, nominative plural кваси́, genitive plural квасі́в, relational adjective квасни́й, diminutive квасо́к)

  1. kvass (a type of fermented no- or low-alcohol beverage, made from bread, often flavored with fruit)
    Synonym: сиріве́ць (syrivécʹ)

Declension

Derived terms