kwas
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kwast, from Middle Dutch quast, from Old Dutch *kwast, from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz.
Noun
kwas (plural kwaste, diminutive kwassie)
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (“leaven”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian kwas, Polish kwas (“acid”), Serbo-Croatian kvȃs (“yeast”), Old Church Slavonic квасъ (kvasŭ, “leaven”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kwas m inan
Declension
Declension of kwas
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kwas”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kwas”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Paipai
Adjective
kwas
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ. Cognate with Latin cāseus whence English cheese, and Sanskrit क्वथ् (kvath, “to boil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kwas m inan (diminutive kwasek)
- (chemistry) acid (a sour substance)
- (colloquial) snag, scene; unpleasant social situation
- (organic chemistry, slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide (powerful synthetic hallucinogen)
- Synonym: LSD
Declension
Declension of kwas
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