See also: cév and cêv

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvь (tube, spool).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cȇv f (Cyrillic spelling це̑в)

  1. tube
  2. duct
  3. pipe

Declension edit

References edit

  • cev” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *cěvь (tube, spool).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cẹ̑v f

  1. tube, pipe

Inflection edit

 
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Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. cév
gen. sing. ceví
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
cév ceví ceví
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ceví ceví ceví
dative
(dajȃlnik)
cévi cevéma cevém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
cév ceví ceví
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
cévi cevéh cevéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
cevjó cevéma cevmí

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong *cæwᴮ (body, trunk). Related to Proto-Hmong *ɟæwᴮ (leg, branch), whence ces, ceg (leg, branch).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cev (classifier: lub)

  1. body, trunk, main frame

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 11.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 210; 273.