kvav
See also: kväv
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kvaver, from the same root as kväva. Original sense was "suffocating".
Adjective
kvav (comparative kvavare, superlative kvavast)
- that feels low in oxygen and oppressive (and usually warm, of air, a room, weather, or the like); stuffy, sultry, oppressive, "heavy", etc.
- Spelningen var i en liten kvav lokal i en källare
- The gig was in a small, stuffy venue in a basement
- Det är varmt och kvavt ute
- It is hot and sultry outside
- kvavt väder
- sultry weather
- tryckande, kvav luft och åska i fjärran
- oppressive, sultry air and thunder in the distance
- (figuratively) oppressive
- en kvav atmosfär
- an oppressive atmosphere
Declension
| Inflection of kvav | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kvav | kvavare | kvavast |
| Neuter singular | kvavt | kvavare | kvavast |
| Plural | kvava | kvavare | kvavast |
| Masculine plural3 | kvave | kvavare | kvavast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kvave | kvavare | kvavaste |
| All | kvava | kvavare | kvavaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
References
- kvav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kvav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kvav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kvav in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- qvaver in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
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