ngất

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋət̚˧ˀ˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋək̚˦˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋək̚˦ˀ˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sŋut ~ *sŋuət ~ *sŋət (“deserted; quiet”); cognate with Ngeq /ŋɯːt/, Mon ဟိတ် (hɛt, “to be quiet”), Khmer ស្ងួត (snguət) (as in មុខស្ងួត (muksnguət, “sad”)), ស្ងាត់ (sngat, “quiet; solitary”).

Verb

ngất (𤴥, 𤴰)

to faint (to lose consciousness)

Derived terms

ngất xỉu (“fainting”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ngất (𡴭, 𡴯, 𩁶, 𬴕)

very high or tall

Derived terms

ngất ngây (“ecstatic”)
ngây ngất (“ecstatic”)

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