sav

See also: Sav., sáv, säv, šav, and säv.

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Clipping of saveloy.

Noun

sav (plural savs)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
   • 1982, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, NZ, Predicament, The Dunmore Press, page 68,

     “Well, I don′t know what you′ll think. I′m only saying this to show what you′ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs.”

     There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys. […] ”

   • 2007, Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice, William Heinemann, UK, page 397,

     ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I′ll have savs, faggots and pease pudding.’

   • 2008, Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia, Crimson Publishing, UK, page 176,

     The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offer […] battered savs/Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.

Synonyms

• (saveloy): saveloy
• (type of sausage): frank, frankfurt, frankfurter, hot dog, sausage

Derived terms

• battered sav
• cocktail sav
• fair suck of the sav

Etymology 2

Clipping of savage.

Adjective

sav (comparative more sav, superlative most sav)

1. (Britain, slang, informal) Clipping of savage. (unpleasant or unfair).

See also

• cab sav

Anagrams

• ASV, AVS, AVs, VAs, vas, vas-

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˀv/, [ˈsæˀw], [ˈsæwˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, cognate with Norwegian sag, Swedish såg, English saw, German Säge, Dutch zaag.

Noun

sav c (singular definite saven, plural indefinite save)

1. a saw (cutting tool with a toothed blade)

Inflection

Declension of sav

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sav	saven	save	savene
genitive	savs	savens	saves	savenes

Derived terms

• kædesav
• motorsav
• rundsav
• savtak

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sav

1. imperative of save

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Hungarian

Etymology

Partly from the adjective savanyú (“sour”), partly the old adjectival form of the noun só (“salt”): savas, or possessive: sava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒv]

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• Rhymes: -ɒv

Noun

sav (plural savak)

1. acid

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sav	savak
accusative	savat	savakat
dative	savnak	savaknak
instrumental	savval	savakkal
causal-final	savért	savakért
translative	savvá	savakká
terminative	savig	savakig
essive-formal	savként	savakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	savban	savakban
superessive	savon	savakon
adessive	savnál	savaknál
illative	savba	savakba
sublative	savra	savakra
allative	savhoz	savakhoz
elative	savból	savakból
delative	savról	savakról
ablative	savtól	savaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	savé	savaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	savéi	savakéi

Possessive forms of sav
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	savam	savaim
2nd person sing.	savad	savaid
3rd person sing.	sava	savai
1st person plural	savunk	savaink
2nd person plural	savatok	savaitok
3rd person plural	savuk	savaik

Derived terms

• savas

Compound words

• akonitsav
• akrilsav
• arachinsav
• behénsav
• borkősav
• borostyánkősav
• cerotinsav
• citromsav
• cukorsav
• ecetsav
• fahéjsav
• glutaminsav
• hangyasav
• hexánsav
• húgysav
• kaprilsav
• kaprinsav
• kapronsav
• karbonsav
• kávésav
• klórecetsav
• laurinsav
• lignocerinsav
• margarinsav
• mirisztinsav
• olajsav
• oxálsav
• önantsav
• palmitinsav
• pelargonsav
• piroszőlősav
• propénsav
• propionsav
• savtartalom
• sósav
• szalicilsav
• szénsav
• sztearinsav
• tejsav
• vajsav
• valeriánsav
• zsírsav

 

Further reading

• sav in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Metathesized from earlier vas, from Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâʋ/

Adjective

sȁv (Cyrillic spelling са̏в)

1. all, complete, whole

   sav sv(ij)et ― the whole world

   svi ljudi ― all the people

   sve vr(ij)eme ― all the time

   svom svojom snagom ― with all my power

2. (pronominally, in plural only) everybody, everyone, all

   svi su došli na zabavu ― everyone came to the party

   svima ideš na živce! ― you're getting on everyone's nerves!

   svi za jednog, jedan za sve ― all for one, one for all

3. (pronominally, in neuter singular) everything, all

   Pojeo si sve? ― Did you eat everything?

   dosta mi je svega! ― I'm fed up with everything

   to je sve ― that's all

   sve u sve(mu) ― all in all

   pr(ij)e svega ― above all

   uz(a) sve to ― in addition to all that

   Sve najbolje! ― All the best!

4. (pronominally, as an intensifier) all, whole

   Sav sam mokar. ― I'm completely wet.

   sve do mora ― all the way to the sea

   Zauzet sam sav vikend ― I am busy whole weekend.

Declension

declension of sav

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sȁv	svȁ	svȅ
genitive		svèga / svȅg	svȅ	svèga / svȅg
dative		svèmu / svȅm	svȏj	svèmu / svȅm
accusative	inanimate animate	sȁv svèga / svȅg	svȕ	svȅ
vocative		—	—	—
locative		svȅm / svèmu	svȏj	svȅm / svèmu
instrumental		svȋm / svíme	svȏm	svȋm / svíme
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		svȉ	svȅ	svȁ
genitive		svȋh / svìjū (svíjū)	svȋh / svìjū (svíjū)	svȋh / svìjū (svíjū)
dative		svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm
accusative		svȅ	svȅ	svȁ
vocative		—	—	—
locative		svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm
instrumental		svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm

References

• “sav” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Noun

sav c

1. sap (juice in plants)

Declension

Declension of sav
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sav	saven	—	—
Genitive	savs	savens	—	—

Related terms

• sava
• savig

Anagrams

• vas

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Turkish

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sav) or from other historic Turkic varieties. The term fell out of use in Turkey in the XVII-th century and was reintroduced during the language reform in order to replace داعيه‎ (dâiye, “incitement, cause, motive”) and ادعا‎ (iddiâ). The last term is still in use, however, see iddia.

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sāb.

Noun

sav (definite accusative savı, plural savlar)

1. argument, thesis, allegation, claim

Etymology 2

Verb

sav

1. second-person singular imperative of savmak