kavi in Faroese

IPA: /ˈkʰɛaːvɪ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -ɛaːvɪ Etymology: From Old Norse kafa (“to submerge, immerse”) or kaf (“submersion, snowdrift”), related to Old Norse kefja, kvefja (“to submerge, sink, drown, smother”), from Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną (“to press, press down, drown”). Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|kafa|t=to submerge, immerse}} Old Norse kafa (“to submerge, immerse”), {{cog|non|kefja}} Old Norse kefja, {{cog|gem-pro|*kwabjaną|t=to press, press down, drown}} Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną (“to press, press down, drown”) Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|kava|||||uncountable||||||cat2=|cat3=uncountable nouns|g=m|head=}} kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable), {{fo-noun|m|kava|-}} kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-m1-s|kav}} Forms: kava [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], kavi [indefinite, nominative, singular], kavin [definite, nominative, singular], kava [accusative, indefinite, singular], kavan [accusative, definite, singular], kava [dative, indefinite, singular], kavanum [dative, definite, singular], kava [genitive, indefinite, singular], kavans [definite, genitive, singular]

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kafa",
        "t": "to submerge, immerse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kafa (“to submerge, immerse”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kefja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kefja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*kwabjaną",
        "t": "to press, press down, drown"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną (“to press, press down, drown”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kafa (“to submerge, immerse”) or kaf (“submersion, snowdrift”), related to Old Norse kefja, kvefja (“to submerge, sink, drown, smother”), from Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną (“to press, press down, drown”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-m1-s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavanum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "kava",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "uncountable",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "uncountable nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "kava",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kav"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-m1-s"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Weather",
          "orig": "fo:Weather",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kavablak"
        },
        {
          "word": "kavabóltur"
        },
        {
          "word": "kavabrillur"
        },
        {
          "word": "kavaflykra"
        },
        {
          "word": "kavahús"
        },
        {
          "word": "kavamaður"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snow"
      ],
      "id": "en-kavi-fo-noun-p0YiLwnY",
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "snjógvur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰɛaːvɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛaːvɪ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kavið"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kavi"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kavablak"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavabóltur"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavabrillur"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavaflykra"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavahús"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavamaður"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kafa",
        "t": "to submerge, immerse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kafa (“to submerge, immerse”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kefja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kefja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*kwabjaną",
        "t": "to press, press down, drown"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną (“to press, press down, drown”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kafa (“to submerge, immerse”) or kaf (“submersion, snowdrift”), related to Old Norse kefja, kvefja (“to submerge, sink, drown, smother”), from Proto-Germanic *kwabjaną (“to press, press down, drown”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-m1-s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavanum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kava",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kavans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "kava",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "uncountable",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "uncountable nouns",
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        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "kava",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kav"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-m1-s"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "snjógvur"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Faroese lemmas",
        "Faroese masculine nouns",
        "Faroese nouns",
        "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms with homophones",
        "Faroese uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːvɪ",
        "Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːvɪ/2 syllables",
        "fo:Weather"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰɛaːvɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛaːvɪ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kavið"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kavi"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'm1s'",
  "path": [
    "kavi"
  ],
  "section": "Faroese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kavi",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'm1s'",
  "path": [
    "kavi"
  ],
  "section": "Faroese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kavi",
  "trace": ""
}

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"kavi" meaning in Faroese

Noun