зов

Bulgarian

Etymology

Deverbal from зова́ (zová, “to evoke”). Diachronically, inherited from Proto-Slavic *zovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɔf]

Noun

зов • (zov) m

1. call, wail
2. evocation, summons
3. (figurative) appeal, plead, invitation

   зов за борба ― zov za borba ― an appeal for combat/resistance

Declension

Declension of зов

	singular
indefinite	зов zov
definite (subject form)	зо́вът zóvǎt
definite (object form)	зо́ва zóva

Derived terms

• отзо́вка f (otzóvka)
• призо́вка f (prizóvka)

 

Related terms

• въ́ззив (vǎ́zziv)
• на́зив (náziv)
• о́тзив (ótziv)
• по́зив (póziv)
• при́зив (príziv)
• про́зив (próziv)

 

References

• “зов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “зов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 651

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɔf]
• Hyphenation: зов

Noun

зов • (zov) m

1. (literary) call, calling, summons

Declension

Declension of зов

	singular
indefinite	зов
definite unspecified	зовот
definite proximal	зовов
definite distal	зовон
vocative	зову

References

• “зов” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zovъ. Compare звать (zvatʹ). See *zъvati for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zof]

• Audio:

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Noun

зов • (zov) m inan (genitive зо́ва, nominative plural зо́вы, genitive plural зо́вов)

1. call, summons (words calling someone somewhere)

   прийти́ по пе́рвому зо́ву ― prijtí po pérvomu zóvu ― to come at the first summons

   откли́кнуться на зов ― otklíknutʹsja na zov ― to respond to the call/summons, to answer a summons

2. (archaic) invitation

Declension

Declension of зов (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	зо́в zóv	зо́вы zóvy
genitive	зо́ва zóva	зо́вов zóvov
dative	зо́ву zóvu	зо́вам zóvam
accusative	зо́в zóv	зо́вы zóvy
instrumental	зо́вом zóvom	зо́вами zóvami
prepositional	зо́ве zóve	зо́вах zóvax

Related terms

• вы́зов m (výzov)
• звать impf (zvatʹ)
• призы́в m (prizýv)

Anagrams

• воз (voz)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zôːʋ/

Noun

зо̑в m (Latin spelling zȏv)

1. call, calling

Declension

Declension of зов

	singular	plural
nominative	зов	зовови
genitive	зова	зовова
dative	зову	зововима
accusative	зов	зовове
vocative	зове	зовови
locative	зову	зововима
instrumental	зовом	зововима