sarvi

Finnish

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *śorwa as Estonian sarv and Hungarian szarv, which in turn is a loan from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śṛva, compare Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū, “horn, claw, talon”), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (srvā, “horn”), Middle Persian slwb' (srū, “horn, nail”), Persian سرو (surū, “animal horn”).

Noun

sarvi

1. Animal horn.

Declension

Declension of sarvi (type ovi) singular plural nominative sarvi sarvet genitive sarven sarvien partitive sarvea sarvia accusative sarvi sarven sarvet inessive sarvessa sarvissa elative sarvesta sarvista illative sarveen sarviin adessive sarvella sarvilla ablative sarvelta sarvilta allative sarvelle sarville essive sarvena sarvina translative sarveksi sarviksi instructive – sarvin abessive sarvetta sarvitta comitative – sarvineen

Compounds

• sarvikuono
• sarvisankainen

Anagrams

• varis, varsi