Sáva

See also: sava, Sava, and savā

Czech

Etymology

From the name of saints venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, called Sabbas in English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaːva]

Proper noun

Sáva m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Sáva (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sáva	Sávové
genitive	Sávy	Sávů
dative	Sávovi	Sávům
accusative	Sávu	Sávy
vocative	Sávo	Sávové
locative	Sávovi	Sávech
instrumental	Sávou	Sávy

Proper noun

Sáva f

1. Sava (river)

Declension

Declension of Sáva (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Sáva
genitive	Sávy
dative	Sávě
accusative	Sávu
vocative	Sávo
locative	Sávě
instrumental	Sávou

Further reading

• “Sáva”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Sáva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989