See eft.
evet (plural evets)
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(See the entry for “evet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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evet (plural evetek)
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
From Ottoman Turkish أوت (evet), from Common Turkic. Cognate with Karakhanid (yemet, “yes”). Nişanyan suggest that it may be a doublet of dialectal evet (“quickly”) and suggests a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄b- (“to be quick”) whence ivmek, however note the mismatch in initial vowels. EDAL considers Chuvash аван (avan) to also be a cognate and reconstructs Proto-Turkic *ebe-, however such a root is unattested and usually not reconstructed outside of EDAL.
Replaced the formerly prevalent ha (“yes”), now largely limited to dialectal and colloquial use.
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