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Latin
Verb
nāvā
- second-person singular present active imperative of nāvō
References
- nava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “nava”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “nava”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
nava n
- definite plural of nav
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
nava n
- definite plural of nav
Pali
Alternative scripts
- 𑀦𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- नव (Devanagari script)
- নৰ (Bengali script)
- නව (Sinhalese script)
- နဝ or ၼဝ (Burmese script)
- นว or นะวะ (Thai script)
- ᨶᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ນວ or ນະວະ (Lao script)
- នវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄚𑅇 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit नव (nava).
Numeral
nava
- nine
Declension
Optionally indeclinable.
Declension table of "nava"
| Case \ Number | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | nava |
| Accusative (second) | nava |
| Instrumental (third) | navahi |
| Dative (fourth) | navannaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | navahi |
| Genitive (sixth) | navannaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | navasu |
Romanian
Noun
nava
- definite nominative/accusative singular of navă
Slavomolisano
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian nave.
Pronunciation
Noun
nava f
- ship
Declension
declension of nava (series-2a fem)
References
- Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown; likely from a pre-Roman substrate, cf. Basque naba.
Noun
nava f
- a meadow located in a mountain valley, a water meadow
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