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English
Noun
rov (plural rovs)
- 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!"
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech rov, from Proto-Slavic *rovъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
rov m inan
- (literary) grave
- Synonym: hrob
Declension
Declension of rov (hard masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rov”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “rov”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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)
- predation
- prey
- robbery
Inflection
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rovъ.
Noun
rov m (Cyrillic spelling ров)
- ditch, trench
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German rōf, from Old Saxon *rōf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub.
Pronunciation
Noun
rov n
- predation
- prey
- loot, booty, swag
Declension
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
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Pronunciation
Adverb
rov
- again