kavat

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown.

Adjective

kavat (comparative kavatare, superlative kavatast)

  1. plucky
    • 1968, Lasse Berghagen, Benny Andersson, “Sagan om lilla Sofi [The Story of Little Sofi]”‎[1]performed by Hep Stars:
      Då hörs en sång. Då syns ett moln av damm. En liten soldat marscherar vägen fram. Han har byxor med revär, och han har ett stort gevär. Han marscherar så kavat, en liten, stor soldat.
      Then a song is heard. Then a cloud of dust is seen [or "appears" or the like – literally translated]. A little soldier marches down the road [the road forth]. He has trousers with stripes [stripe – singular here, but could also be plural], and he has a big rifle. He marches with such pluck [so pluckily], a little, great soldier.

Declension

Inflection of kavat
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kavat kavatare kavatast
neuter singular kavat kavatare kavatast
plural kavata kavatare kavatast
masculine plural2 kavate kavatare kavatast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kavate kavatare kavataste
all kavata kavatare kavataste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • gavat (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قواد (kavad, “guide; pander”), from Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈvat/, (rare or formal) /kaˈvat/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧vat

Noun

kavat (definite accusative kavatı, plural kavatlar)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory) cuckold
    Ben kavat değilim, gidin başımdan.
    I'm not a cuckold, go away.

Declension

Declension of kavat
singular plural
nominative kavat kavatlar
definite accusative kavatı kavatları
dative kavata kavatlara
locative kavatta kavatlarda
ablative kavattan kavatlardan
genitive kavatın kavatların

Derived terms

  • kavatlık

References

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