rov

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See also: ROV, röv, and røv

English

Noun

rov (plural rovs)

  1. Alternative form of rav
    • 1992 December 16, Isaac Balbin, “The difference between a chasid and a misnagid”, in soc.culture.jewish‎ (Usenet):
      My Rov tells me (in Yiddish) "today? there are no Chassidim and no Misnagdim. I wish there were!"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech rov, from Proto-Slavic *rovъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

rov m inan

  1. (literary) grave
    Synonym: hrob

Declension

Declension of rov (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative rov rovy
genitive rovu rovů
dative rovu rovům
accusative rov rovy
vocative rove rovy
locative rově, rovu rovech
instrumental rovem rovy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rov in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • rov in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rōf, from Old Saxon *rōf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz (“pillage, booty”).

Related to German Raub, Danish røv (“arse”) (from Proto-Germanic *raubō (“rift”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

rov n (singular definite rovet, plural indefinite rov)

  1. predation
  2. prey
  3. robbery

Inflection

Declension of rov
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rov rovet rov rovene
genitive rovs rovets rovs rovenes

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rovъ.

Noun

rov m (Cyrillic spelling ров)

  1. ditch

Declension

Declension of rov
singular plural
nominative rov rovovi
genitive rova rovova
dative rovu rovovima
accusative rov rovove
vocative rove rovovi
locative rovu rovovima
instrumental rovom rovovima

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rōf, from Old Saxon *rōf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːv/
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Noun

rov n

  1. predation
  2. prey
  3. loot, booty, swag

Declension

Declension of rov 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative rov rovet — —
Genitive rovs rovets — —

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

Adverb

rov

  1. again
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