kvass

• kvas
• quas
• quass

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

• IPA^(key): /kvɑːs/

kvass (countable and uncountable, plural kvasses)

1. A type of traditional fermented Russian beverage with little or no alcohol, made from bread, often flavored with fruit.
   • 1966, Bernard Malamud, The Fixer, Chapter 2,

     She […] talked constantly, mostly of her childhood, the young ladies’ school she had attended, and the pleasures of Kiev in the summertime.

     “Days are long and hot, but nights are languorous and starlit. People refresh themselves in their flower gardens and some walk in the parks, drink kvass and lemonade, and listen to the symphonies […] ”

• kvass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /kvas/, [kʋɑs]

From Russian квас (kvas).

kvass m (definite singular kvassen, indefinite plural kvasser, definite plural kvassene)

1. (beverage) kvass

From Old Norse hvass.

• hvass

kvass (neuter singular kvast, definite singular and plural kvasse, comparative kvassere, indefinite superlative kvassest, definite superlative kvasseste)

1. sharp

   Pass på, den kniven kan være kvass.

   Watch out, that knife could be sharp.

2. sharp, clever, witty

   Han er en kvass gutt.

   He is a sharp boy.

3. sharp, abrupt, acute

   De hørte et kvast skrik.

   They heard a sharp scream.

• skarp
• spiss

“kvass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑsː/

From Russian квас (kvas).

kvass m (definite singular kvassen, indefinite plural kvassar, definite plural kvassane)

1. (beverage) kvass

From Old Norse hvass

kvass (neuter singular kvast, definite singular and plural kvasse, comparative kvassare, indefinite superlative kvassast, definite superlative kvassaste)

1. sharp
2. sharp, clever, witty
3. sharp, abrupt, acute

• skarp
• spiss

“kvass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.