kotva

kotva

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkotva]
• Hyphenation: kot‧va

Noun

kotva f

1. (nautical) anchor

Declension

Declension of kotva

	singular	plural
nominative	kotva	kotvy
genitive	kotvy	kotv
dative	kotvě	kotvám
accusative	kotvu	kotvy
vocative	kotvo	kotvy
locative	kotvě	kotvách
instrumental	kotvou	kotvami

Related terms

• kotvit
• kotviště n

Further reading

• kotva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kotva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kotva, from Proto-Uralic *kodwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkotʋɑ/, [ˈko̞t̪ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -otʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kot‧va

Noun

kotva

1. moment, short while (short period of time)

Declension

Inflection of kotva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		kotva	kotvat
genitive		kotvan	kotvien
partitive		kotvaa	kotvia
illative		kotvaan	kotviin
		singular	plural
nominative		kotva	kotvat
accusative	nom.	kotva	kotvat
	gen.	kotvan
genitive		kotvan	kotvien kotvainrare
partitive		kotvaa	kotvia
inessive		kotvassa	kotvissa
elative		kotvasta	kotvista
illative		kotvaan	kotviin
adessive		kotvalla	kotvilla
ablative		kotvalta	kotvilta
allative		kotvalle	kotville
essive		kotvana	kotvina
translative		kotvaksi	kotviksi
instructive		—	kotvin
abessive		kotvatta	kotvitta
comitative		—	kotvineen

Possessive forms of kotva (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kotvani	kotvamme
2nd person	kotvasi	kotvanne
3rd person	kotvansa

Synonyms

• hetki
• tovi
• tuokio

Derived terms

• kotvanen

Anagrams

• kovat, votka

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôtʋa/
• Hyphenation: kot‧va

Noun

kȍtva f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏тва)

1. (nautical) anchor

   Synonym: sidro

Declension

Declension of kotva

	singular	plural
nominative	kȍtva	kotve
genitive	kotve	kȍtāvā / kȍtvī
dative	kotvi	kotvama
accusative	kotvu	kotve
vocative	kotvo	kotve
locative	kotvi	kotvama
instrumental	kotvom	kotvama