English

Noun

sav ‎(plural savs)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
   • 1982, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, NZ, Predicament, The Dunmore Press, page 68,

     “Well, I don′t know what you′ll think. I′m only saying this to show what you′ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs.”

     There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys. […] ”

   • 2007, Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice, William Heinemann, UK, page 397,

     ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I′ll have savs, faggots and pease pudding.’

   • 2008, Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia, Crimson Publishing, UK, page 176,

     The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offer […] battered savs/Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.

Synonyms

• (saveloy): saveloy
• (type of sausage): frank, frankfurt, frankfurter, hot dog, sausage

Derived terms

• battered sav
• cocktail sav
• fair suck of the sav

Etymology 2

Shortening of savage.

Adjective

sav ‎(comparative more sav, superlative most sav)

1. (Britain, slang, informal) Short for savage (unpleasant or unfair).

See also

• cab sav

Anagrams

• ASV
• vas

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæˀv/, [ˈsæːˀʊ̯]

Noun

sav c (singular definite saven, plural indefinite save)

1. a saw (cutting tool with a toothed blade)

Inflection

Derived terms

• kædesav
• motorsav
• rundsav

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsavˀ/, [ˈsaʊ̯ˀ]

Verb

sav

1. imperative of save

Hungarian

Etymology

Partly from the adjective savanyú ‎(“sour”), partly the old adjectival form of the noun só ‎(“salt”): savas, or possessive: sava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒv]

Noun

sav ‎(plural savak)

1. acid

Declension

Derived terms

• savas

(Compound words):

• borkősav
• sósav
• ecetsav
• húgysav

Lojban

Rafsi

sav

1. rafsi of savru.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Metathesized from earlier vas, from Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâʋ/

Adjective

sȁv ‎(Cyrillic spelling са̏в)

1. all, complete, whole

   sav sv(ij)et‎ ― the whole world

   svi ljudi‎ ― all the people

   svo radništvo‎ ― the whole working class

   sve vr(ij)eme‎ ― all the time

   svom snagom/silom‎ ― with all one's force

2. (pronominally, in masculine plural) everybody, everyone, all

   svi su došli na zabavu‎ ― everyone came to the party

   svima ideš na živce!‎ ― you're getting on everyone's nerves!

   svi za jednog, jedan za sve‎ ― all for one, one for all

3. (pronominally, in neuter singular) everything, all

   sve si pojeo‎ ― you ate everything

   dosta mi je svega!‎ ― I'm fed up with everything

   to je sve‎ ― that's all

   sve u sve(mu)‎ ― all in all

   sve(mu) si ti kriv‎ ― you are to blame for everything

   ni za sve na sv(ij)etu‎ ― for nothing in the world

   pr(ij)e svega‎ ― above all

   uz(a) sve to‎ ― in addition to all that

   sve najbolje!‎ ― all the best!

4. (pronominally, as an intensifier) all, completely

   sav sam mokar‎ ― I'm completely wet

   sve tamo do mora‎ ― all the way to the sea

Declension

References

• “sav” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

sav c

1. sap (juice in plants)

Declension

Related terms

• sava
• savig

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic sav, from Proto-Turkic.

Noun

sav ‎(definite accusative savı, plural savlar)

1. argument, thesis, allegation, claim