котва

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty (v-stem). Synchronically, either from кот (kot, “tomcat”) +‎ -ва (-va) (due to the similarity between anchors and cat's claws) or from obsolete кота́я (kotája, “to hoop, to distort”) +‎ -ва (-va) (in reference to the U-shape of most anchors).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔtvɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ко́тва • (kótva) f

1. anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)

Declension

Declension of ко́тва

	singular	plural
indefinite	ко́тва kótva	ко́тви kótvi
definite	ко́твата kótvata	ко́твите kótvite

References

• “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• актов (aktov), квота (kvota)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔtva]

• Audio:

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Noun

котва • (kotva) f

1. anchor

Declension

Declension of котва

	singular	plural
indefinite	котва	котви
definite unspecified	котвата	котвите
definite proximal	котвава	котвиве
definite distal	котвана	котвине
vocative	котво	котви

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôtʋa/
• Hyphenation: кот‧ва

Noun

ко̏тва f (Latin spelling kȍtva)

1. (nautical) anchor

   Synonym: сидро

Declension

Declension of котва

	singular	plural
nominative	ко̏тва	котве
genitive	котве	ко̏та̄ва̄ / ко̏твӣ
dative	котви	котвама
accusative	котву	котве
vocative	котво	котве
locative	котви	котвама
instrumental	котвом	котвама