nawet

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish nawet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.vɛt/
• Rhymes: -avɛt
• Syllabification: na‧wet

Particle

nawet

1. even (in reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

   Synonym: nawetka

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “navet”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 119
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “nawet”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “nawet”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of na +‎ wet. The shift from an adverb to a particle was influenced by German sogar. First attested in 1575.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.vɛt/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈna.vɛt/

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• Rhymes: -avɛt
• Syllabification: na‧wet

Particle

nawet

1. even (in reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

   Nawet ty możesz się uczyć polskiego. ― Even you can learn Polish.

2. (Middle Polish) downright

   Synonyms: wręcz, zgoła

3. (Middle Polish) one of

   Synonym: jeden z

Descendants

• → Belarusian: на́ват (návat)
• → Kashubian: nawet
• → Silesian: nawet
• → Ukrainian: на́віть (návitʹ)

Adverb

nawet (not comparable)

1. (Middle Polish) finally, in the end

   Synonyms: na koniec, w końcu

2. (Middle Polish) used to supplement a statement; also, as well; further; so

Conjunction

nawet

1. (Middle Polish) even though, although

   Synonyms: aczkolwiek, chociaż, mimo że

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nawet is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 123 times in scientific texts, 28 times in news, 117 times in essays, 176 times in fiction, and 193 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 637 times, making it the 72nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• nawet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nawet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “NAWET”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 22.11.2008
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “nawet”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “nawet”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nawet”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 202

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish nawet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.vɛt/
• Rhymes: -avɛt
• Syllabification: na‧wet

Particle

nawet

1. even (in reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

   Synonyms: (Cieszyń) aji, baji, bali

Further reading

• nawet in silling.org

Wolof

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Noun

nawet (definite form nawet bi)

1. rainy season

Verb

nawet

1. to spend the rainy season (somewhere)

Derived terms

• nawetaan
• nawetal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French navette.

Noun

nawet (definite form nawet bi)

1. shuttle (sliding thread holder in a sewing machine)