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sova

sova

See also: söva and sôvä

Czech

Noun

sova f

  1. owl

Declension


Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną.

Verb

sova (third person singular past indicative svav, third person plural past indicative svóvu, supine sovið)

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

Derived terms


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną.

Verb

sova

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from sovar.

Noun

sova f (plural sovas)

  1. kneading (the act of kneading dough)
  2. the act of treading on grapes
  3. (informal) beating; spanking (act physically beating a person)

Synonyms

Verb

sova

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sovar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of sovar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sova.

Noun

sóva f (Cyrillic spelling со́ва)

  1. owl

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sova.

Noun

sova f (genitive singular sovy, nominative plural sovy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. owl

Declension

Derived terms


Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sova.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ̀ːʋa/
  • Tonal orthography: sóva

Noun

sôva f (genitive sôve, nominative plural sôve)

  1. owl

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sova, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːva/

Verb

sova (present sover, preterite sov, supine sovit, imperative sov)

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

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