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Phonology syllables, stress, spelling Show ▾ Hide ▴
- Transcription
- [ˈkʰwen]
- Syllables
- квен · 1 syllable
- Sound pattern
- CCVC · C = consonant, V = vowel
- Latin spelling
- kven
Syllables, stress pattern and Latin spelling are worked out from the spelling by rule.
Meaning
-
food, meal, provisions, sustenance
пища, еда, провизия, снедь; кушанье; припасы
Grammar what kind of word it is, and how it behaves Show ▾ Hide ▴
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Noun class
- class III · things and animals
- Declension
- First Declension (-с)
- Number
- countable · has a singular and a plural
- Plural
- кундул
- Homograph group
- 291305
- Database id
- 291304
- Added
- 2026-08-24
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Morphology and grammar info 36 stored forms · Grey means we worked it out by rule, not from a text. Show ▾ Hide ▴
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Core Cases
| Case | Singular | In texts | Plural | In texts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative who / what |
квен
/[kʰwen]/
|
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1236
|
кундул
/[kʰundul]/
|
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0
|
| Ergative by whom |
кваница
/[kʰwanit͡sa]/
|
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15
|
—
|
0
|
| Genitive of whom / of what |
кванил
/[kʰwanil]/
|
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1017
|
—
|
0
|
| Dative to whom |
квене
/[kʰwene]/
|
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3
|
—
|
0
|
Locative (Spatial) Cases
Series 1 -да · on, on the surface
| Case | Singular | In texts | Plural | In texts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locative where |
кванида
/[kʰwanida]/
|
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33
|
—
|
0
|
| Allative to where |
кваниде
/[kʰwanide]/
|
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14
|
—
|
0
|
| Ablative from where |
кванидаса
/[kʰwanidasa]/
|
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13
|
—
|
0
|
| Perlative through / along |
кванидасан
/[kʰwanidasan]/
|
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3
|
—
|
0
|
Series 2 -хъ · at, by, near
| Case | Singular | In texts | Singular (alt. 1) | In texts | Plural | In texts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locative where |
кванихъ
/[kʰwaniq͡χː]/
|
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22
|
квенухъ
/[kʰwenuq͡χː]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Allative to where |
кванихъе
/[kʰwaniq͡χːe]/
|
0
|
квенухъе
/[kʰwenuq͡χːe]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Ablative from where |
кванихъа
/[kʰwaniq͡χːa]/
|
0
|
квенухъа
/[kʰwenuq͡χːa]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Perlative through / along |
кванихъан
/[kʰwaniq͡χːan]/
|
0
|
квенухъан
/[kʰwenuq͡χːan]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
Series 3 -лъ · in, inside
| Case | Singular | In texts | Singular (alt. 1) | In texts | Plural | In texts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locative where |
кванилъ
/[kʰwaniɬ]/
|
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51
|
квенулъ
/[kʰwenuɬ]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Allative to where |
кванилъе
/[kʰwaniɬe]/
|
🔒
19
|
квенулъе
/[kʰwenuɬe]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Ablative from where |
кванилъа
/[kʰwaniɬa]/
|
0
|
квенулъа
/[kʰwenuɬa]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Perlative through / along |
кванилъан
/[kʰwaniɬan]/
|
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1
|
квенулъан
/[kʰwenuɬan]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
Series 4 -кь · under, beneath
| Case | Singular | In texts | Singular (alt. 1) | In texts | Plural | In texts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locative where |
кваникь
/[kʰwanit͡ɬʼː]/
|
0
|
квенукь
/[kʰwenut͡ɬʼː]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Allative to where |
кваникье
/[kʰwanit͡ɬʼːe]/
|
0
|
квенукье
/[kʰwenut͡ɬʼːe]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Ablative from where |
кваникьа
/[kʰwanit͡ɬʼːa]/
|
0
|
квенукьа
/[kʰwenut͡ɬʼːa]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| Perlative through / along |
кваникьан
/[kʰwanit͡ɬʼːan]/
|
0
|
квенукьан
/[kʰwenut͡ɬʼːan]/
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
Usage examples 10 set expressions · 6 sentences from real texts Show ▾ Hide ▴
Set expressions idioms, proverbs, collocations Show ▾ Hide ▴
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Квен чӀамун къулчӀе, рагӀи ургъун бице.
Еду проглоти прожёвывая, слово молви обдумывая (посл.).
Proverb
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Лъим кваналеб, квен гьекъолеб.
Воду кушает, еду пьёт (загадка: курица).
Proverb
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полакомиться, получать удовольствие от еды
Collocation
-
поесть всё, что на столе (букв. молотить еду)
Idiom
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Жакъа кваналеб квен метералде те, метер гьабизе бугеб хӀалтӀи жакъаго гьабе.
Сегодняшнюю еду на завтра оставь, а завтрашнюю работу сегодня же выполни.
Proverb
-
подол бешмета
Compound Term
-
еда на неделю
Collocation
-
брать еду из столовой
Collocation
-
завезти чабанам провизию
Collocation
-
подогреть пищу
Collocation
From the corpus sentences from real texts Show ▾ Hide ▴
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квен беццизе
хвалить еду
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тӀагӀама6 квен
вкусная еда
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гьуинаб квен
вкусная еда
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квен гьабизе
готовить еду
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квен хӀадуризе
приготовить еду
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ЦӀакъ берцинаб, сундулниги ургъел гьечеб, гӀумру букӀанила гьезул: сверухълъиялда гьезие квал-квал гьабизе кутулги рукӀинчӀила, кидаго гӀорцӀизегӀан кваназе квенги букӀанила.
Стали жить они припеваючи: кошек поблизости не было, а еды всегда вдоволь.
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