valv

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hvalf (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Swedish hvalf, from Old Norse hvalf, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

valv n

1. (architecture) a vault
2. (architecture) an arch (forming a larger opening in a wall)

   Synonym: (sometimes) båge

3. a vault (room or compartment for safekeeping of valuables)

Declension

Declension of valv

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	valv	valvs
	definite	valvet	valvets
plural	indefinite	valv	valvs
	definite	valven	valvens

Derived terms

• bankvalv
• himlavalv
• kassavalv
• källarvalv

Related terms

• välva

References

• valv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• valv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• valv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• valv in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)