Сава
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Russian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Са́ва • (Sáva) f inan (genitive Са́вы)
- Sava (a river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Са́ва f (Latin spelling Sáva)
- Sava (river)
Declension
Declension of Сава
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), a spiritual name taken on by Prince Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava) upon becoming a monk.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Са̑ва f (Latin spelling Sȃva)
- Saint Sava, first archbishop of the Serbian autocephalous church
- a male given name, Sava, of Orthodox Christian usage
Declension
Declension of Сава
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Са́ва • (Sáva) f pers (genitive Са́ви, nominative plural Са́ви, genitive plural Сав)
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Са́ва (pers hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
- Саве́нко (Savénko) (surname)
- Савче́нко (Savčénko) (surname)
- Са́вич (Sávyč) (patronymic)
- Са́вівна (Sávivna) (patronymic)
References
- “Сава”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)