cev

See also: cév and cêv

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• cijȇv (Ijekavian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sêːʋ/

Noun

cȇv f (Cyrillic spelling це̑в)

1. tube
2. duct
3. pipe

Declension

Declension of cev

	singular	plural
nominative	cev	cev
genitive	cevi	cevi
dative	cevi	cevima
accusative	cev	cevi
vocative	cevi	cevi
locative	cevi	cevima
instrumental	cevlju	cevima

References

• “cev” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡séːʋ/

Noun

cẹ̑v f

1. tube, pipe

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ce˧˦/

Noun

cev (classifier: lub)

1. body, trunk, main frame

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 11.