сава

See also: Сава

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sova. Cognate with Russian сова́ (sová).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈva]

• Audio:

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Noun

сава́ • (savá) f animal (genitive савы́, nominative plural со́вы, genitive plural соў)

1. owl

Declension

Declension of сава́ (anml hard fem-form accent-d а-о)

	singular	plural
nominative	сава́ savá	со́вы sóvy
genitive	савы́ savý	соў soŭ
dative	саве́ savjé	со́вам sóvam
accusative	саву́ savú	соў soŭ
instrumental	саво́й, саво́ю savój, savóju	со́вамі sóvami
locative	саве́ savjé	со́вах sóvax
count form	—	савы́1 savý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “сава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Tundra Nenets

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samoyedic *səmå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səwʌ]
• Hyphenation: са‧ва

Adjective

сӑва • (săwa) (comparative сӑварка)

1. good

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səwʌ]
• Hyphenation: са‧ва

Noun

сӑва • (săwa)

1. hood, hat

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 300
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 29