sorva

See also: sorvâ and sørva

English

Noun

sorva

1. Either of the tropical plants Couma macrocarpa and Couma utilis.

Anagrams

• 'sarvo, VAROs, Voras, arvos, sarvo, savor

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sarv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsorʋɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sor‧va

Noun

sorva

1. rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

Declension

Inflection of sorva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		sorva	sorvat
genitive		sorvan	sorvien
partitive		sorvaa	sorvia
illative		sorvaan	sorviin
		singular	plural
nominative		sorva	sorvat
accusative	nom.	sorva	sorvat
	gen.	sorvan
genitive		sorvan	sorvien sorvainrare
partitive		sorvaa	sorvia
inessive		sorvassa	sorvissa
elative		sorvasta	sorvista
illative		sorvaan	sorviin
adessive		sorvalla	sorvilla
ablative		sorvalta	sorvilta
allative		sorvalle	sorville
essive		sorvana	sorvina
translative		sorvaksi	sorviksi
abessive		sorvatta	sorvitta
instructive		—	sorvin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sorva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sorvani sorvani accusative nom. sorvani sorvani gen. sorvani genitive sorvani sorvieni sorvainirare partitive sorvaani sorviani inessive sorvassani sorvissani elative sorvastani sorvistani illative sorvaani sorviini adessive sorvallani sorvillani ablative sorvaltani sorviltani allative sorvalleni sorvilleni essive sorvanani sorvinani translative sorvakseni sorvikseni abessive sorvattani sorvittani instructive — — comitative — sorvineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sorvasi sorvasi accusative nom. sorvasi sorvasi gen. sorvasi genitive sorvasi sorviesi sorvaisirare partitive sorvaasi sorviasi inessive sorvassasi sorvissasi elative sorvastasi sorvistasi illative sorvaasi sorviisi adessive sorvallasi sorvillasi ablative sorvaltasi sorviltasi allative sorvallesi sorvillesi essive sorvanasi sorvinasi translative sorvaksesi sorviksesi abessive sorvattasi sorvittasi instructive — — comitative — sorvinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sorvamme sorvamme accusative nom. sorvamme sorvamme gen. sorvamme genitive sorvamme sorviemme sorvaimmerare partitive sorvaamme sorviamme inessive sorvassamme sorvissamme elative sorvastamme sorvistamme illative sorvaamme sorviimme adessive sorvallamme sorvillamme ablative sorvaltamme sorviltamme allative sorvallemme sorvillemme essive sorvanamme sorvinamme translative sorvaksemme sorviksemme abessive sorvattamme sorvittamme instructive — — comitative — sorvinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sorvanne sorvanne accusative nom. sorvanne sorvanne gen. sorvanne genitive sorvanne sorvienne sorvainnerare partitive sorvaanne sorvianne inessive sorvassanne sorvissanne elative sorvastanne sorvistanne illative sorvaanne sorviinne adessive sorvallanne sorvillanne ablative sorvaltanne sorviltanne allative sorvallenne sorvillenne essive sorvananne sorvinanne translative sorvaksenne sorviksenne abessive sorvattanne sorvittanne instructive — — comitative — sorvinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sorvansa sorvansa accusative nom. sorvansa sorvansa gen. sorvansa genitive sorvansa sorviensa sorvainsarare partitive sorvaansa sorviaan sorviansa inessive sorvassaan sorvassansa sorvissaan sorvissansa elative sorvastaan sorvastansa sorvistaan sorvistansa illative sorvaansa sorviinsa adessive sorvallaan sorvallansa sorvillaan sorvillansa ablative sorvaltaan sorvaltansa sorviltaan sorviltansa allative sorvalleen sorvallensa sorvilleen sorvillensa essive sorvanaan sorvanansa sorvinaan sorvinansa translative sorvakseen sorvaksensa sorvikseen sorviksensa abessive sorvattaan sorvattansa sorvittaan sorvittansa instructive — — comitative — sorvineen sorvinensa

Derived terms

• Sorvisto

 

compounds

• Sorvoja

 

Further reading

• “sorva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• varso

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, with a change in gender from the plural of Latin sorbum, reinterpreted as a feminine singular. Compare Galician sorba, Spanish serba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsoɦ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsoɦ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʁ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɻ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾ.bɐ/ [ˈsoɾ.βɐ]

Noun

sorva f (plural sorvas)

1. serviceberry, sorb
2. service tree (Sorbus domestica, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)

   Synonym: sorveira

3. cow tree (Couma macrocarpa)

Etymology 2

Verb

sorva

1. inflection of sorver:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative