sava
See also: Sava, Sáva, and savā
French
Interjection
sava
- Informal form of ça va.
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sauðr, from Proto-Germanic *sauþaz.
Noun
sava (plural savat)
- sheep
Hungarian
Etymology
sav + -a (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɒvɒ]
- Hyphenation: sa‧va
Noun
sava
- third-person singular (single possession) possessive of sav
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sava | — |
| accusative | savát | — |
| dative | savának | — |
| instrumental | savával | — |
| causal-final | saváért | — |
| translative | savává | — |
| terminative | saváig | — |
| essive-formal | savaként | — |
| essive-modal | savául | — |
| inessive | savában | — |
| superessive | saván | — |
| adessive | savánál | — |
| illative | savába | — |
| sublative | savára | — |
| allative | savához | — |
| elative | savából | — |
| delative | saváról | — |
| ablative | savától | — |
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowing from Russian сова sova.
Noun
sava
- owl
Latvian
Pronoun
sava
- genitive singular masculine form of savs
- nominative singular feminine form of savs
Novial
Verb
sava (past savad, active participle savant, passive participle savat)
- to know
Swedish
Verb
sava (present savar, preterite savade, supine savat, imperative sava)
- to be in sap (for the juice in plants to rise, to ascend)
- tiden nu är inne, då björken safvar
- the time is right, when the birch is in sap
- tiden nu är inne, då björken safvar
- to strip the sap from trees (usually birches)
- ett träd, som vårtiden safvas
- a tree, which in the springtime is stripped of sap
- Har han bläckat och safvat i min vackra fimmelstång. – Fimmelstång? – Ja, den där björken skulle bli en fimmelstång.
- Has he cut and stripped sap in my beautiful thill. – Thill? – Yes, that birch should have become a thill.
- ett träd, som vårtiden safvas
Conjugation
Conjugation of sava (weak)
| Active | Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sava | savas |
| Present tense | savar | savas |
| Past tense | savade | savades |
| Supine | savat | savats |
| Imperative | sava | — |
| Present participle | savande | |
| Past participle | savad | |
Related terms
- sav
- savig