sorva

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See also: sorvâ and sørva

English

Noun

sorva

  1. Either of the tropical plants Couma macrocarpa and Couma utilis.

Anagrams

Finnish

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Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish svarv (compare standard Swedish sarv).

Pronunciation

Noun

sorva

  1. rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

Declension

Inflection of sorva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative sorva sorvat
genitive sorvan sorvien
partitive sorvaa sorvia
illative sorvaan sorviin
singular plural
nominative sorva sorvat
accusative nom. sorva sorvat
gen. sorvan
genitive sorvan sorvien
sorvain rare
partitive sorvaa sorvia
inessive sorvassa sorvissa
elative sorvasta sorvista
illative sorvaan sorviin
adessive sorvalla sorvilla
ablative sorvalta sorvilta
allative sorvalle sorville
essive sorvana sorvina
translative sorvaksi sorviksi
abessive sorvatta sorvitta
instructive sorvin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sorva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sorvani sorvani
accusative nom. sorvani sorvani
gen. sorvani
genitive sorvani sorvieni
sorvaini rare
partitive sorvaani sorviani
inessive sorvassani sorvissani
elative sorvastani sorvistani
illative sorvaani sorviini
adessive sorvallani sorvillani
ablative sorvaltani sorviltani
allative sorvalleni sorvilleni
essive sorvanani sorvinani
translative sorvakseni sorvikseni
abessive sorvattani sorvittani
instructive
comitative sorvineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sorvasi sorvasi
accusative nom. sorvasi sorvasi
gen. sorvasi
genitive sorvasi sorviesi
sorvaisi rare
partitive sorvaasi sorviasi
inessive sorvassasi sorvissasi
elative sorvastasi sorvistasi
illative sorvaasi sorviisi
adessive sorvallasi sorvillasi
ablative sorvaltasi sorviltasi
allative sorvallesi sorvillesi
essive sorvanasi sorvinasi
translative sorvaksesi sorviksesi
abessive sorvattasi sorvittasi
instructive
comitative sorvinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sorvamme sorvamme
accusative nom. sorvamme sorvamme
gen. sorvamme
genitive sorvamme sorviemme
sorvaimme rare
partitive sorvaamme sorviamme
inessive sorvassamme sorvissamme
elative sorvastamme sorvistamme
illative sorvaamme sorviimme
adessive sorvallamme sorvillamme
ablative sorvaltamme sorviltamme
allative sorvallemme sorvillemme
essive sorvanamme sorvinamme
translative sorvaksemme sorviksemme
abessive sorvattamme sorvittamme
instructive
comitative sorvinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sorvanne sorvanne
accusative nom. sorvanne sorvanne
gen. sorvanne
genitive sorvanne sorvienne
sorvainne rare
partitive sorvaanne sorvianne
inessive sorvassanne sorvissanne
elative sorvastanne sorvistanne
illative sorvaanne sorviinne
adessive sorvallanne sorvillanne
ablative sorvaltanne sorviltanne
allative sorvallenne sorvillenne
essive sorvananne sorvinanne
translative sorvaksenne sorviksenne
abessive sorvattanne sorvittanne
instructive
comitative sorvinenne

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Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, with a change in gender from the plural of Latin sorbum, reinterpreted as a feminine singular. Compare Galician sorba, Spanish serba.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

sorva f (plural sorvas)

  1. serviceberry, sorb
  2. service tree (Sorbus domestica, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)
    Synonym: sorveira
  3. cow tree (Couma macrocarpa)

Etymology 2

Verb

sorva

  1. inflection of sorver:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative