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sove

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See also: sově, söve, and søve

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish souæ, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Swedish sova and English asweve. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swep- (sleep) (whence also Sanskrit स्वपिति (svapiti)). From the same root also comes Danish søvn (sleep).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɔvə/, [ˈsɒːʊ]

Verb

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sove (past tense sov, past participle sovet)

  1. sleep

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French sauver (save).

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sove

  1. to save

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Verb

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sove (imperative sov, present tense sover, simple past sov, past participle sovet, present participle sovende)

  1. to sleep.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sofa.

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Verb

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

  1. to sleep

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Portuguese

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Verb

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sove

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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sove (Cyrillic spelling сове)

  1. inflection of sova:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

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Noun

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sove

  1. dative/locative singular of sova