serva

See also: servä

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sorbus, with unexplained mutation of the vowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛr.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsər.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾ.va]

Noun

serva f (plural serves)

1. serviceberry (fruit)

Derived terms

• server

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin serva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈser.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈser.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾ.va]

Noun

serva f (plural serves)

1. female equivalent of serf

Galician

Noun

serva f (plural servas)

1. female equivalent of servo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛrva
• Hyphenation: sèr‧va

Etymology 1

From Latin serva.

Noun

serva f (plural serve, masculine servo)

1. (literary) (female) slave

   Synonym: schiava

2. servant, maid

   domestica, cameriera

Derived terms

• servetta
• sottoserva

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

serva f sg

1. feminine singular of servo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serva

1. inflection of servire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• versa

Latin

Etymology 1

From servus (“slave, servant”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈser.u̯a/, [ˈs̠ɛru̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.va/, [ˈsɛrvä]

Noun

serva f (genitive servae, masculine servus); first declension

1. servant
2. a female slave

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	serva	servae
genitive	servae	servārum
dative	servae	servīs
accusative	servam	servās
ablative	servā	servīs
vocative	serva	servae

Etymology 2

Inflected form of servō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈser.u̯aː/, [ˈs̠ɛru̯äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.va/, [ˈsɛrvä]

Verb

servā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of servō

References

• “serva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
    

Maltese

Root
s-r-v-j
2 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian sirviri (conjugated servi) and/or Italian servire, both from Latin servire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.va/

Verb

serva (imperfect jservi, past participle servit or servut or mservi)

1. to serve (arrange and provide food or drink)
2. to serve (render service to)

   Synonym: qeda

Conjugation

Conjugation of serva

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	servejt	servejt	serva		servejna	servejtu	servew
	f			serviet
imperfect	m	nservi	sservi	jservi		nservu	sservu	jservu
	f			sservi
imperative			servi				servu

Derived terms

• sserva

Derived terms

• servizz

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

serva (present tense servar, past tense serva, past participle serva, passive infinitive servast, present participle servande, imperative serva/serv)

1. a-infinitive form of serve

Anagrams

• avser, ervas, revas, sarve, vares, versa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɻ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.bɐ/ [ˈsɛɾ.βɐ]

• (Sulista) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.va/, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɹ.vɐ/, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɻ.vɐ/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/

Noun

serva f (plural servas)

1. female equivalent of servo

Adjective

serva

1. feminine singular of servo

Swedish

Verb

serva (present servar, preterite servade, supine servat, imperative serva)

1. (sports) to serve (in tennis or volleyball); to put the ball in motion
2. to give service (to a car), to service, to maintain, to lube

Conjugation

Conjugation of serva (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	serva		servas
supine	servat		servats
imperative	serva		—
imper. plural1	serven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	servar	servade	servas	servades
ind. plural1	serva	servade	servas	servades
subjunctive2	serve	servade	serves	servades
present participle		servande
past participle		servad

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

References

• serva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• avres, avser, varse, vaser