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sova

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sova"

Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech sova, from Proto-Slavic *sova.

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Noun

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sova f (relational adjective soví, diminutive sovička or sůvka)

  1. owl (strigiform)
  2. annoying person, especially an annoying woman

Declension

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Declension of sova (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative sova sovy
genitive sovy sov
dative sově sovám
accusative sovu sovy
vocative sovo sovy
locative sově sovách
instrumental sovou sovami

Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sova (group v-62)
infinitive sova
supine sovið
present past
first singular sovi svav
second singular svevur svavst
third singular svevur svav
plural sova svóvu
participle sovandi —
imperative
singular sov!
plural sovið!

Derived terms

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Ingrian

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Sova.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian сова (sova).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sova

  1. owl

Declension

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Declension of sova (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative sova sovat
genitive sovan sovviin
partitive sovvaa sovvia
illative sovvaa sovvii
inessive sovas sovis
elative sovast sovist
allative sovalle soville
adessive soval sovil
ablative sovalt sovilt
translative sovaks soviks
essive sovanna, sovvaan sovinna, sovviin
exessive1) sovant sovint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 509

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sofa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²so(ː)va/
  • Hyphenation: sò‧va

Verb

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sova (present tense søv, past tense sov, supine sove, past participle soven, present participle sovande, imperative sov)

  1. to sleep

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Anagrams

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

Verb

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sova

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sova (strong)
present past
infinitive sova —
participle sovandi, sovande sovin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk sover sovi, sove — sōf sōvi, sōve
þū sover sovi, sove sof sōft sōvi, sōve
han sover sovi, sove — sōf sōvi, sōve
vīr sovum, sovom sovum, sovom sovum, sovom sōvum, sōvom sōvum, sōvom
īr sovin sovin sovin sōvin sōvin
þēr sova sovin — sōvu, sōvo sōvin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

Descendants

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  • Swedish: sova

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: so‧va

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from sovar. Compare Galician soba.

Noun

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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: surra, coça, espancamento

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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sova

  1. inflection of sovar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sova.

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Noun

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sóva f (Cyrillic spelling со́ва)

  1. owl

Declension

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Declension of sova
singular plural
nominative sova sove
genitive sove sova
dative sovi sovama
accusative sovu sove
vocative sovo sove
locative sovi sovama
instrumental sovom sovama

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  • “sova”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sova.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɔva/, [ˈsɔʋa]
  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Hyphenation: so‧va

Noun

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sova f (relational adjective soví, diminutive sovička)

  1. owl

Declension

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Declension of sova
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativesovasovy
genitivesovysov
dativesovesovám
accusativesovusovy
locativesovesovách
instrumentalsovousovami

Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

Further reading

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  • “sova”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sova. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sóva f

  1. owl

Declension

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. sôva
gen. sing. sôve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		sôva sôvi sôve
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		sôve sôv sôv
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		sôvi sôvama sôvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		sôvo sôvi sôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		sôvi sôvah sôvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		sôvo sôvama sôvami

Further reading

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  • “sova”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “sova”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Swedish

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en man som sover och snarkar i en säng [a man sleeping and snoring in a bed]

Etymology

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From Old Swedish sova, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).

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Verb

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

  1. to sleep
    Synonyms: knoppa, kvarta, slafa, slagga, sussa, tryna
    God natt och sov gott!
    Good night and sleep well!
    Sov gott, vakna torrt!
    Sleep well, wake up dry!
    As in don't wet the bed – colloquial.
    Sover du?
    Are you asleep?
    • 1869, “Sov du lilla vide ung (Videvisan) [Sleep, [you] little willow young (The Willow Song)]”, Zachris Topelius (lyrics), Alice Tegnér (music)‎[1]:
      Sov, du lilla vide ung. Än så är det vinter. Än så sova [old present tense plural form, now "sover" – the present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs except vara] björk och ljung, ros och hyacinter. Än så är det långt till vår, innan rönn i blomma står. Sov, du lilla vide. Än så är det vinter. Solskensöga ser på dig. Solskensfamn dig vaggar. Snart blir grönt på skogens stig, och var blomma flaggar. Än en liten solskensbön: Vide liten blir så grön. Solskensöga ser dig. Solskensfamn dig vaggar.
      Sleep, ["you" – could be kept, but doesn't have the tone of "You little rascal" or the like as a vocative – see du] little willow young [poetic – putting the adjective last is equally unusual in Swedish here]. It is still winter [yet it is winter]. Yet [as in "still"] sleep birch and heather, rose and hyacinths. Spring is still a long way off [yet it is a long way to spring], before rowan is [stands] in bloom [normally "står i blom" rather than "står i blomma"]. Sleep, [you] little willow. It is still winter. Sunshine's eye watches you ["sunshine-eye watches you" – poetically terse in Swedish as well]. Sunshine's arms [see famn] rock you [like in a cradle (vagga)]. Soon the forest path will be green [soon it becomes green on the forest's path], and all the flowers fly their flags ["and each flower flags," as in puts out flags, figuratively]. Yet one little sunshine prayer [or plea]: Willow little turns so green. Sunshine's eye sees you. Sunshine's arms rock you.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sova (class 5 strong)
active passive
infinitive sova sovas
supine sovit sovits
imperative sov —
imper. plural1 soven —
present past present past
indicative sover sov sovs, soves sovs
ind. plural1 sova sovo sovas sovos
subjunctive2 sove sove soves soves
present participle sovande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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