šva
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (š’vā).
Pronunciation
Noun
šva n (indeclinable)
- (linguistics) schwa (mid central vowel sound)
- shva (one of the Hebrew nikud vowel signs)
Further reading
- “šva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “šva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “šva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
šva m (Cyrillic spelling шва)
Slovak
Etymology
Ultimately, from Hebrew שְׁוָא (sh'va, š’vā, “nought”).
Pronunciation
Noun
šva n (indeclinable)
Further reading
- “šva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024