evet
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
See eft.
Noun
evet (plural evets) (archaic)
- The smooth newt
- Synonym: eft
- (US) Any other newt or salamander.
Derived terms
- red evet
References
- “evet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Hungarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛvɛt]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: evet
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
evet (plural evetek)
Declension
| 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 |
| 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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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).
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish أوت (evet), from Proto-Common Turkic.[1][2][3] Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (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.[4] EDAL considers Chuvash аван (avan) to also be a cognate and reconstructs Proto-Turkic *ebe-,[5] 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.vet/, [e̞ˈvɛt̟], (informal, some speakers) [e̞ːt̟]
Audio: (file)
Interjection
evet
Particle
evet
Synonyms
Antonyms
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “yemet”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 935
- ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “evet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1515
- ^ Tietze, Andreas (2009), “evet”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume 2, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 666
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “evet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ebe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill