Sova

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See also: sova, söva, sôvä, and sóvá

English

Etymology

From Czech sova (owl), Slovak sova (owl), Serbo-Croatian sova (owl), Slovene sova (owl), or a respelling of Polish Sowa.

Proper noun

Sova (plural Sovas)

  1. A surname from Czech.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sova is the 13752nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2200 individuals. Sova is most common among White (93.95%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From sova (owl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sova m anim (female equivalent Sovová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Sova”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
  • Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 399

Finnish

Etymology

From a Sami name (Northern Sami Čoavvá).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoʋɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -oʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): So‧va
  • Hyphenation(key): So‧va

Proper noun

Sova

  1. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Sova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative Sova Sovat
genitive Sovan Sovien
partitive Sovaa Sovia
illative Sovaan Soviin
singular plural
nominative Sova Sovat
accusative nom. Sova Sovat
gen. Sovan
genitive Sovan Sovien
Sovain rare
partitive Sovaa Sovia
inessive Sovassa Sovissa
elative Sovasta Sovista
illative Sovaan Soviin
adessive Sovalla Sovilla
ablative Sovalta Sovilta
allative Sovalle Soville
essive Sovana Sovina
translative Sovaksi Soviksi
abessive Sovatta Sovitta
instructive Sovin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Sova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sovani Sovani
accusative nom. Sovani Sovani
gen. Sovani
genitive Sovani Sovieni
Sovaini rare
partitive Sovaani Soviani
inessive Sovassani Sovissani
elative Sovastani Sovistani
illative Sovaani Soviini
adessive Sovallani Sovillani
ablative Sovaltani Soviltani
allative Sovalleni Sovilleni
essive Sovanani Sovinani
translative Sovakseni Sovikseni
abessive Sovattani Sovittani
instructive
comitative Sovineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sovasi Sovasi
accusative nom. Sovasi Sovasi
gen. Sovasi
genitive Sovasi Soviesi
Sovaisi rare
partitive Sovaasi Soviasi
inessive Sovassasi Sovissasi
elative Sovastasi Sovistasi
illative Sovaasi Soviisi
adessive Sovallasi Sovillasi
ablative Sovaltasi Soviltasi
allative Sovallesi Sovillesi
essive Sovanasi Sovinasi
translative Sovaksesi Soviksesi
abessive Sovattasi Sovittasi
instructive
comitative Sovinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sovamme Sovamme
accusative nom. Sovamme Sovamme
gen. Sovamme
genitive Sovamme Soviemme
Sovaimme rare
partitive Sovaamme Soviamme
inessive Sovassamme Sovissamme
elative Sovastamme Sovistamme
illative Sovaamme Soviimme
adessive Sovallamme Sovillamme
ablative Sovaltamme Soviltamme
allative Sovallemme Sovillemme
essive Sovanamme Sovinamme
translative Sovaksemme Soviksemme
abessive Sovattamme Sovittamme
instructive
comitative Sovinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sovanne Sovanne
accusative nom. Sovanne Sovanne
gen. Sovanne
genitive Sovanne Sovienne
Sovainne rare
partitive Sovaanne Sovianne
inessive Sovassanne Sovissanne
elative Sovastanne Sovistanne
illative Sovaanne Soviinne
adessive Sovallanne Sovillanne
ablative Sovaltanne Soviltanne
allative Sovallenne Sovillenne
essive Sovananne Sovinanne
translative Sovaksenne Soviksenne
abessive Sovattanne Sovittanne
instructive
comitative Sovinenne

Statistics

  • Sova is the 3342nd (tied with 15 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 233 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

  1. ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN

Slovak

Etymology

From sova (owl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sova m pers (female equivalent Sovová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sova
(pattern hrdina)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeSovaSovoviaSovovci
genitiveSovuSovovSovovcov
dativeSovoviSovomSovovcom
accusativeSovuSovovSovovcov
locativeSovoviSovochSovovcoch
instrumentalSovomSovamiSovovcami

Further reading

  • Sova”, 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, 2003–2025