vav

See also: väv

English

Alternative forms

• waw
• vau

Etymology

Hebrew וי״ו‎ (vav)

Noun

vav (plural vavs)

1. The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו‎.

Translations

Hebrew letter

• Arabic: وَاو‎ m (wāw)
• Catalan: vau (ca) f
• Finnish: vav (fi)
• French: vav (fr)
• Hebrew: וָו‎ (he) f (vav)
• Malay: wau
• Persian: واو‎ (fa) (vâv)
• Portuguese: vav m
• Russian: вав m (vav)
• Spanish: vav (es)
• Turkish: vav (tr)
• Yiddish: וו‎ m or f (vov)

See also

• و‎ (w)
• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Anagrams

• VVA

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑʋ/, [ˈʋɑʋ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋ
• Syllabification^(key): vav

Noun

vav

1. vav, waw (sixth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad, twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic script)

Declension

Inflection of vav (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		vav	vavit
genitive		vavin	vavien
partitive		vavia	vaveja
illative		vaviin	vaveihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vav	vavit
accusative	nom.	vav	vavit
	gen.	vavin
genitive		vavin	vavien
partitive		vavia	vaveja
inessive		vavissa	vaveissa
elative		vavista	vaveista
illative		vaviin	vaveihin
adessive		vavilla	vaveilla
ablative		vavilta	vaveilta
allative		vaville	vaveille
essive		vavina	vaveina
translative		vaviksi	vaveiksi
instructive		—	vavein
abessive		vavitta	vaveitta
comitative		—	vaveineen

Possessive forms of vav (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vavini	vavimme
2nd person	vavisi	vavinne
3rd person	vavinsa

Synonyms

• (Arabic waw): wāw

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vav

1. imperative of vava

Portuguese

Noun

vav m (plural vavs)

1. vav (name of the Hebrew letter ו)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbab/ [ˈbaβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: vav

Noun

vav f (plural vav)

1. vav; the Hebrew letter ו

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَاو‎ (wāw).

Noun

vav

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: و

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