"gå i kvav" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Swedish]

Forms: går i kvav [present], gick i kvav [preterite], gått i kvav [supine], gå i kvav [imperative]
Etymology: Roughly, "go in suffocation." Perhaps related to an obsolete sense of kvav as deep water, depths of the sea. Etymology templates: {{m|sv|kvav}} kvav Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|går i kvav|preterite|gick i kvav|supine|gått i kvav|imperative|gå i kvav|head=gå i kvav}} gå i kvav (present går i kvav, preterite gick i kvav, supine gått i kvav, imperative gå i kvav)
  1. to go down (sink) Synonyms: gå under, förlisa, sjunka
    Sense id: en-gå_i_kvav-sv-verb-D3fiJEwz Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
  2. (figuratively) to founder, to go under (collapse, fail, or the like) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-gå_i_kvav-sv-verb-yPXr8atv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sank

Inflected forms

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