cerva

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See also: ċerva and červa

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛr.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrva
  • Hyphenation: cèr‧va

Noun

cerva f (plural cerve, masculine cervo)

  1. hind

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of cervus; cervus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

cerva f (genitive cervae); first declension

  1. a female deer, doe, hind

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cerva cervae
Genitive cervae cervārum
Dative cervae cervīs
cervābus
Accusative cervam cervās
Ablative cervā cervīs
cervābus
Vocative cerva cervae

Descendants

  • Italian: cerva
  • Romanian: cerbă, cearbă
  • Sardinian: cherva, cerva
  • Spanish: cierva
  • → Andalusian Arabic: chírba

References

  • “cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cerva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Etymology 1

From Latin cerva.

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

  1. female equivalent of cervo: doe; hind

Etymology 2

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) Clipping of cerveja (“beer”).
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