evet
See also: əvət, évet, and évét
English
Alternative forms
- evat
Etymology
See eft.
Noun
evet (plural evets)
- The common newt or eft.
- (US) Any of several species of aquatic salamanders.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for evet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Hungarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛvɛt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: evet
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
evet (plural evetek)
- (archaic) squirrel
- Synonym: mókus
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- evet in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish أوت (evet), from Proto-Turkic *ebe (“good”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰀𐰢𐱅 (yemet, “yes”), Chuvash аван (avan). Replaced the formerly prevalent ha (“yes”), now largely limited to dialectal and colloquial use.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.vet/, [e̞ˈvet̪ʰ], (informal, some speakers) [e̞ːt̪ʰ]
Interjection
evet
- yes
Particle
evet
- yes
Synonyms
- ha
Antonyms
- hayır
- yok
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ebe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill