Seeeft.
evet (pluralevets)
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(See the entry for“evet”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.)
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evet (pluralevetek)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | evet | evetek |
| accusative | evetet | eveteket |
| dative | evetnek | eveteknek |
| instrumental | evettel | evetekkel |
| causal-final | evetért | evetekért |
| translative | evetté | evetekké |
| terminative | evetig | evetekig |
| essive-formal | evetként | evetekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | evetben | evetekben |
| superessive | eveten | eveteken |
| adessive | evetnél | eveteknél |
| illative | evetbe | evetekbe |
| sublative | evetre | evetekre |
| allative | evethez | evetekhez |
| elative | evetből | evetekből |
| delative | evetről | evetekről |
| ablative | evettől | evetektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | eveté | eveteké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | evetéi | evetekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | evetem | evetjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | eveted | evetjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | evetje | evetjei |
| 1st person plural | evetünk | evetjeink |
| 2nd person plural | evetetek | evetjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | evetjük | evetjeik |
FromOttoman Turkishأوت(evet), fromProto-Common Turkic.[1][2][3] Cognate withKarakhanid[script needed](yemet,“yes”). Nişanyan suggest that it may be a doublet of dialectalevet(“quickly”) and suggests a derivation fromProto-Turkic*ẹ̄b-(“to be quick”) whenceivmek, however note the mismatch in initial vowels.[4] EDAL considersChuvashаван(avan) to also be a cognate and reconstructsProto-Turkic*ebe-,[5] however such a root is unattested and usually not reconstructed outside of EDAL.
Replaced the formerly prevalentha(“yes”), now largely limited to dialectal and colloquial use.
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