kvas

See also: kvaš and kväs

English

Noun

kvas (countable and uncountable, plural kvases)

1. Alternative spelling of kvass.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

kvas

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvas]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech kvas, from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Noun

kvas m inan

1. sourdough
2. kvass
3. ferment
4. feast of food

Declension

Declension of kvas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kvas	kvasy
genitive	kvasu	kvasů
dative	kvasu	kvasům
accusative	kvas	kvasy
vocative	kvase	kvasy
locative	kvasu	kvasech
instrumental	kvasem	kvasy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kvas

1. second-person singular imperative of kvasit

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kvas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kvas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

kvas

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvas/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

kvas m (uncountable)

1. kvass (traditional Slavic drink)

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Noun

kvas m or f (invariable)

1. kvass (traditional Slavic drink)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋâːs/

Noun

kvȃs m inan (Cyrillic spelling ква̑с)

1. (archaic) alternative form of kvásac (“yeast”)

Declension

Declension of kvas

	singular	plural
nominative	kvas	kvasovi
genitive	kvasa	kvasova
dative	kvasu	kvasovima
accusative	kvas	kvasove
vocative	kvase	kvasovi
locative	kvasu	kvasovima
instrumental	kvasom	kvasovima

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋâːs/

Noun

kvȃs m inan (Cyrillic spelling ква̑с)

1. kvass

Declension

Declension of kvas

	singular	plural
nominative	kvȃs	kvȁsovi
genitive	kvasa	kvasova
dative	kvasu	kvasovima
accusative	kvas	kvasove
vocative	kvase	kvasovi
locative	kvasu	kvasovima
instrumental	kvasom	kvasovima

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kvas]

Noun

kvas m inan (genitive singular kvasu, declension pattern of dub)

1. kvass (traditional Slavonic drink)

Declension

Declension of kvas

	singulare tantum
nominative	kvas
genitive	kvasu
dative	kvasu
accusative	kvas
locative	kvase
instrumental	kvasom

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

kvas

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋáːs/

Noun

kvȃs m inan

1. yeast

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kvás
gen. sing.	kvása
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kvás	kvása	kvási
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kvása	kvásov	kvásov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kvásu	kvásoma	kvásom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kvás	kvása	kváse
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kvásu	kvásih	kvásih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kvásom	kvásoma	kvási

Further reading

• “kvas”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡbas/ [ˈɡβ̞as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: kvas

Noun

kvas m (plural kvases)

1. kvass (traditional Slavic drink)
   • kvas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es