Swedish

Proper noun

Lova

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Love

Faroese

Verb

lova ‎(third person singular past indicative lovaði, third person plural past indicative lovað, supine lovað)

1. to praise

Conjugation

French

Verb

lova

1. third-person singular past historic of lover

Anagrams

• vola

Hungarian

Etymology

From the *lov- stem of ló ‎(“horse”) +‎ -a ‎(“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlovɒ]
• Hyphenation: lo‧va

Noun

lova

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of ló

   Esik az eső, hajlik a vessző, haragszik a katona, mert megázik a lova.

   It's raining, the cane is bending, the soldier is angry because his horse is getting wet. (Hungarian children's song)

Declension

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lawˀaˀ; compare Latvian lâva, Russian лава ‎(lava), лавка ‎(lavka, “bench”), Slovene lava ‎(“sideboard”). From Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognates may include Old Norse lófi, láfi ‎(“threshing barn”), Sanskrit लुनाति ‎(lunā́ti, “cut, divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ʋɐ/

Noun

lóva f ‎(plural lóvos) stress pattern 1

1. bed (furniture used for sleeping)
2. (dialectal) bed (garden plot)

Declension

Synonyms

• (furniture for sleeping): patalas
• (garden plot): lysvė, ežia

Derived terms

• lovelė
• lovatiesė

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lovet
• lovde, lovte (simple past of Verb 2)
• lovd, lovt (past participle of Verb 2)

Verb

lova

1. simple past of love
2. past participle of love

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• loven

Noun

lova m, f

1. definite feminine singular of lov

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• luva

Etymology

From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.

Verb

lova

1. to permit, allow
2. to praise

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: lova

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Romani lova. Compare Russian лавэ ‎(lavɛ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒːʋa/
• Hyphenation: lo‧va

Noun

lóva f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ло́ва)

1. (slang) money, dough

   Žao mi je, ali nemam love.

   I'm sorry, but I am out of dough.

Declension

Synonyms

• kȅš
• nòvac
• pàra

References

• “lova” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną. Cognate with Danish love, Norwegian love and German geloben.

Pronunciation

Verb

lova ‎(present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)

1. to promise; to commit to something
2. to assure; to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something)

Conjugation

Related terms

• löfte

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną. Cognate with Danish love, Norwegian love and German loben.

Pronunciation

Verb

lova ‎(present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)

1. to praise

Conjugation

Synonyms

• prisa

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Dutch loeven. Cognate with Danish luve. Dutch loeven belongs to Dutch loef.

Verb

lova ‎(present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)

1. to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind

Conjugation