rov

See also: ROV, röv, and røv

English

Noun

rov (plural rovs)

1. Alternative form of rav
   • 1992 December 16, Isaac Balbin, “The difference between a chasid and a misnagid”, in soc.culture.jewish‎^[1] (Usenet):

     My Rov tells me (in Yiddish) "today? there are no Chassidim and no Misnagdim. I wish there were!"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech rov, from Proto-Slavic *rovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrof]
• Hyphenation: rov

Noun

rov m inan

1. (literary) grave

   Synonym: hrob

Declension

Declension of rov (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	rov	rovy
genitive	rovu	rovů
dative	rovu	rovům
accusative	rov	rovy
vocative	rove	rovy
locative	rově, rovu	rovech
instrumental	rovem	rovy

Derived terms

• růvek

 

Further reading

• rov in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rov in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rōf, from Old Saxon *rōf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz (“pillage, booty”).

Related to German Raub, Danish røv (“arse”) (from Proto-Germanic *raubō (“rift”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɒw]

Noun

rov n (singular definite rovet, plural indefinite rov)

1. predation
2. prey
3. robbery

Inflection

Declension of rov

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rov	rovet	rov	rovene
genitive	rovs	rovets	rovs	rovenes

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rovъ.

Noun

rov m (Cyrillic spelling ров)

1. ditch

Declension

Declension of rov

	singular	plural
nominative	rov	rovovi
genitive	rova	rovova
dative	rovu	rovovima
accusative	rov	rovove
vocative	rove	rovovi
locative	rovu	rovovima
instrumental	rovom	rovovima

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rōf, from Old Saxon *rōf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːv/

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Noun

rov n

1. predation
2. prey
3. loot, booty, swag

Declension

Declension of rov
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rov	rovet	—	—
Genitive	rovs	rovets	—	—

Derived terms

• barnarov
• människorov
• rovdjur
• rovdrift
• rovfågel
• rovriddare

Related terms

• röva
• rövare

References

• rov in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rov in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rov in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• orv

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈɒ˧˦/

Adverb

rov

1. again