"kvav" meaning in Swedish

See kvav in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Old Swedish kvaver, from the same root as kväva. Original sense was "suffocating". Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kvaver}} Old Swedish kvaver Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|kvavare|superlative|kvavast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} kvav (comparative kvavare, superlative kvavast), {{sv-adj}} kvav (comparative kvavare, superlative kvavast) Forms: kvavare [comparative], kvavast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], kvav [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], kvavare [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], kvavast [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], kvavt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], kvavare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], kvavast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], kvava [indefinite, plural, positive], kvavare [comparative, indefinite, plural], kvavast [indefinite, plural, superlative], kvave [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], kvavare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], kvavast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], kvave [definite, masculine, positive, singular], kvavare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], kvavaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], kvava [definite, positive], kvavare [comparative, definite], kvavaste [definite, superlative]
  1. that feels low in oxygen and oppressive (and usually warm, of air, a room, weather, or the like); stuffy, sultry, oppressive, "heavy", etc.
    Sense id: en-kvav-sv-adj-AvDbvyGO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 0 55
  2. (figuratively) oppressive Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-kvav-sv-adj-aHJl~XD0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: instängd

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish kvaver, from the same root as kväva. Original sense was "suffocating". Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kvaver}} Old Swedish kvaver Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} kvav
  1. Only used in gå i kvav
    Sense id: en-kvav-sv-noun-wuwmL6Q1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 0 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 0 65 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 40 3 57

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Det är varmt och kvavt ute",
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        {
          "english": "sultry weather",
          "text": "kvavt väder",
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          "english": "oppressive, sultry air and thunder in the distance",
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        "that feels low in oxygen and oppressive (and usually warm, of air, a room, weather, or the like); stuffy, sultry, oppressive, \"heavy\", etc."
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        ]
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      "form": "kvavare",
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        {
          "english": "It is hot and sultry outside",
          "text": "Det är varmt och kvavt ute",
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        },
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          "text": "kvavt väder",
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