Ave
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Anagram of Eva, also associated with ava (“open”) as in avameelne (“openhearted”).
Proper nounEdit
Ave
- a female given name
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Ave n (strong, genitive Ave or Aves, plural Ave or Aves)
- Ellipsis of Ave-Maria (“ave, Hail Mary”).
- 1971, Günter Grass, “Die Vogelscheuchen”, in Gesammelte Gedichte, Luchterhand, page 104:
- weiß nicht, ob alte Jacken, alte Hosen, / wenn sie mit Löffeln in den Dosen / rostig und blechern windwärts läuten, / zur Vesper, ob zum Ave läuten, / zum Aufstand aller Vogelscheuchen läuten
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DeclensionEdit
Declension of Ave [neuter, strong]
Further readingEdit
- “Ave” in Duden online
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin Avus. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Ave m