sovra

See also: sovra-

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.vra/
• Rhymes: -ovra
• Hyphenation: só‧vra

Preposition

sovra

1. (archaic, literary) Alternative form of sopra

Adverb

sovra

1. (archaic, literary) Alternative form of sopra

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sôʋra/
• Hyphenation: sov‧ra

Noun

sȍvra f (Cyrillic spelling со̏вра)

1. Alternative form of sȍfra (“low dining table”)

References

• Josip Hamm, editor (1955–1956), “sȍvra”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 15, Zagreb: JAZU, page 934

Swedish

Verb

sovra (present sovrar, preterite sovrade, supine sovrat, imperative sovra)

1. (transitively with bland (“among”) or i (“in”)) to select some parts (to be kept or the like) and reject other parts; to sift, to sort, to winnow, etc.

   sovra bland informationen

   sift through the information

   sovra i materialet

   sift through the material

   sovra bland anbuden

   winnow down the list of offers

2. (obsolete except as a special case) to sift (ore)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sovra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sovra		sovras
Supine	sovrat		sovrats
Imperative	sovra		—
Imper. plural1	sovren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sovrar	sovrade	sovras	sovrades
Ind. plural1	sovra	sovrade	sovras	sovrades
Subjunctive2	sovre	sovrade	sovres	sovrades
	Participles
Present participle	sovrande
Past participle	sovrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• sovring

See also

• gallra

References

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