pava

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See also: PAVA, páva, pǟva, and Pǟva

Catalan

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pava

  1. feminine singular of pau (“credulous”)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.va/
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Verb

pava

  1. third-person singular past historic of paver

Latin

pāvae (peahens)

Pronunciation

Noun

pāva f (genitive pāvae); first declension

  1. peahen; also eaten as a delicacy.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pāva pāvae
Genitive pāvae pāvārum
Dative pāvae pāvīs
Accusative pāvam pāvās
Ablative pāvā pāvīs
Vocative pāva pāvae

Descendants

  • Russian: пава (pava)

References

  • “pava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pava 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)
  • pava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paver.

Verb

a pava (third-person singular present pavează, past participle pavat) 1st conj.

  1. to pave

Conjugation

    conjugation of pava (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a pava
gerund pavând
past participle pavat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present pavez pavezi pavează pavăm pavați pavează
imperfect pavam pavai pava pavam pavați pavau
simple perfect pavai pavași pavă pavarăm pavarăți pavară
pluperfect pavasem pavaseși pavase pavaserăm pavaserăți pavaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să pavez să pavezi să paveze să pavăm să pavați să paveze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative pavează pavați
negative nu pava nu pavați

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaba/
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: pa‧va

Noun

pava f (plural pavas)

  1. turkey hen
  2. (Spain, colloquial) bore
  3. a type of pot; a boiler

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

FWOTD – 20 December 2020

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani pavli, pavali, pava, pavani (“bottle”), cognate to Traveller Norwegian pavvali, pavvani (“bottle”). Nominalization of Romani pi- (“to drink”), with an infinitive suffix -va found in other Romani varieties (but not in Scandoromani), e.g. Kalo Finnish Romani piāvā (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pava c

  1. (colloquial) bottle (of alcohol)

Declension

Declension of pava 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pava pavan pavor pavorna
Genitive pavas pavans pavors pavornas

References

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