sêv

See also: sev, SEV, and şev

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• сев (sêv) (Cyrillic)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cáywaH.

See also Central Kurdish سێو (sêw), Gurani [script needed] (saw), Zazaki sa, say, sawî, Middle Persian [script needed] (syp̄ /⁠sēp⁠/), Persian سیب (sib), Baluchi سوپ (sop), and Sanskrit सेवि (sevi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːv/

• Audio (Turkey, Batman):

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Noun

sêv f

1. apple

Declension

Declension of sêv

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sêv	sêv
Construct	sêva	sêvên
Oblique	sêvê	sêvan
Demonstrative oblique	wê sêvê	wan sêvan
Vocative	sêvê	sêvino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sêvek	sêvin
Construct	sêveke	sêvine
Oblique	sêvekê	sêvinan

Derived terms

• kulîlka sêva
• sêvetirşk
• sêvfroş
• sêvik
• sêvî

 

References

• Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “sêv”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 678b
• Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “խնձոր”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 154b