lovi
See also: lóvi and lõvi
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from an ancestor of dialectal Swedish klove, Proto-Germanic *klubô. Estonian dialectal lõvi is related as well.
Noun
lovi
- cleft (V-shaped cut)
- notch (V-shaped cut; such a cut used for keeping a record)
- trance; used only in the expression langeta loveen, which means "to fall into a trance".
Declension
| Inflection of lovi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lovi | lovet | |
| genitive | loven | lovien | |
| partitive | lovea | lovia | |
| illative | loveen | loviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lovi | lovet | |
| accusative | nom. | lovi | lovet |
| gen. | loven | ||
| genitive | loven | lovien | |
| partitive | lovea | lovia | |
| inessive | lovessa | lovissa | |
| elative | lovesta | lovista | |
| illative | loveen | loviin | |
| adessive | lovella | lovilla | |
| ablative | lovelta | lovilta | |
| allative | lovelle | loville | |
| essive | lovena | lovina | |
| translative | loveksi | loviksi | |
| instructive | — | lovin | |
| abessive | lovetta | lovitta | |
| comitative | — | lovineen | |
Derived terms
- langeta loveen
- loveta
Anagrams
- livo, olvi
Romanian
Etymology
Of Slavic origin, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *loviti. Compare Serbo-Croatian loviti.
Verb
a lovi (third-person singular present lovește, past participle lovit) 4th conj.
- to hit; to strike
Conjugation
conjugation of lovi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
| infinitive | a lovi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | lovind | ||||||
| past participle | lovit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | lovesc | lovești | lovește | lovim | loviți | lovesc | |
| imperfect | loveam | loveai | lovea | loveam | loveați | loveau | |
| simple perfect | lovii | loviși | lovi | lovirăm | lovirăți | loviră | |
| pluperfect | lovisem | loviseși | lovise | loviserăm | loviserăți | loviseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să lovesc | să lovești | să lovească | să lovim | să loviți | să lovească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | lovește | loviți | |||||
| negative | nu lovi | nu loviți | |||||
Derived terms
- lovire
- lovitură
See also
- bate
- plesni