krev

Cornish

Alternative forms

• crev

Etymology

From Middle Cornish creff, cref, from Old Cornish crif, from Proto-Brythonic *krɨβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kriɸmos (compare Welsh cryf, Breton kreñv).

Adjective

krev

1. strong
2. mighty
3. vigorous

Mutation

Mutation of krev

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
krev	grev	hrev	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech krev, from Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s (“blood of a wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɛf]

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• Hyphenation: krev
• Rhymes: -ɛv

Noun

krev f

1. blood

Declension

Declension of krev (soft zero-ending feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	krev	krve
genitive	krve	krví
dative	krvi	krvím
accusative	krev	krve
vocative	krvi	krve
locative	krvi	krvích
instrumental	krví	krvemi

Derived terms

• horkokrevný
• chladnokrevný
• krevní
• studenokrevný
• teplokrevný

Related terms

• krvácet
• krveprolití n
• pokrevní m

Further reading

• “krev”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “krev”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “krev”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

krev

1. imperative of kreve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

krev

1. inflection of krevja:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s (“blood of a wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkrɛʋ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkrɛf/

Noun

krev f

1. blood

Declension

Declension of krev (v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	krev	krvi	krve
genitive	krve	krv́ú	krví
dative	krvi	krvema	krvem
accusative	krev	krvi	krve
vocative	krvi	krvi	krve
locative	krvi	krv́ú	krvech
instrumental	krv́ú	krvema	krvemi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: krev

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “krev”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění