zova

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See also: zovâ

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From an older form bzova, from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǒːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: zo‧va

Noun

zóva f (Cyrillic spelling зо́ва)

  1. elder, elderflower, elderberry, sambucus
    Synonym: bàzga

Declension

Declension of zova
singular plural
nominative zova zove
genitive zove zova
dative zovi zovama
accusative zovu zove
vocative zovo zove
locative zovi zovama
instrumental zovom zovama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “zóva”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 608
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