rovar

See also: rövar

Hungarian

Etymology

Blend of rovátkolt +‎ barom, after the synonymous Latin insectum (“insect; literally, ‘notched one’”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrovɒr]
• Hyphenation: ro‧var
• Rhymes: -ɒr

Noun

rovar (plural rovarok)

1. insect

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	rovar	rovarok
accusative	rovarot	rovarokat
dative	rovarnak	rovaroknak
instrumental	rovarral	rovarokkal
causal-final	rovarért	rovarokért
translative	rovarrá	rovarokká
terminative	rovarig	rovarokig
essive-formal	rovarként	rovarokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rovarban	rovarokban
superessive	rovaron	rovarokon
adessive	rovarnál	rovaroknál
illative	rovarba	rovarokba
sublative	rovarra	rovarokra
allative	rovarhoz	rovarokhoz
elative	rovarból	rovarokból
delative	rovarról	rovarokról
ablative	rovartól	rovaroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	rovaré	rovaroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	rovaréi	rovarokéi

Possessive forms of rovar

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rovarom	rovaraim, rovarjaim
2nd person sing.	rovarod	rovaraid, rovarjaid
3rd person sing.	rovara, rovarja	rovarai, rovarjai
1st person plural	rovarunk	rovaraink, rovarjaink
2nd person plural	rovarotok	rovaraitok, rovarjaitok
3rd person plural	rovaruk, rovarjuk	rovaraik, rovarjaik

Derived terms

• rovarcsípés
• rovartan

Further reading

• rovar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish robar (“to plunder”), from Late Latin raubāre.

Verb

rovar (Hebrew spelling רוב׳אר)

1. (transitive) to steal; to plunder (rob)

   Synonym: ganavear

   Coordinate term: ladrón

   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 9:

     Sus enemigos, sus bienes, le rovaron.
     De su bien si artaron i la espujaron ¹)
     I con croeldades su corason razgaron
     I eia no abandona sus tradisiones.
     Termine la aniada i sus maldisiones.

     Her foes stole her properties. They were satiated with her property, [then] they engaged her, and they cruelly ripped her heart, [yet] she abandoned not her traditions. End the year and its curses.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rovar

infinitive		simple		rovar
		compound		aver rovado
gerund		simple		rovando
		compound		aviendo rovado
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		rovado		rovados
		feminine		rovada		rovadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	rovo	rovas	rova	rovamos	rováx	rovan
	imperfect	rovava	rovavas	rovava	rovávamos	rovavax	rovavan
	preterite	roví	rovates	rovó	rovimos	rovatex	rovaron
	future	rovaré	rovarás	rovará	rovaremos	rovaréx	rovarán
	conditional	rovaría	rovarías	rovaría	rovaríamos	rovaríax	rovarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	rove	roves	rove	rovemos	rovéx	roven
	imperfect	rovara	rovaras	rovara	rováramos	rovarax	rovaran
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vosotros vosós / vós	—
	affirmative	—	rova	—	—	rovad	—
	negative	—	no roves	—	—	no rovéx	—

Related terms

• rovador