nova

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[edit] Etymology

Feminine nominative singular of the Latin adjective novus (new). The feminine is used since the Latin word for star, stella is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (new star).

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nova (plural novae or novas)

  1. (astronomy) any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star

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terms derived from nova

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sudden brightening of a star

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nova (plural novaj, accusative singular novan, accusative plural novajn)

  1. new
    Oni ne povas instrui al maljuna hundo novajn ruzojn.
    You cannot teach an old dogs new tricks.

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nova

  1. nova (sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)

[edit] Declension

Declension of nova (type koira)
singular plural
nominative nova novat
genitive novan novien
novain1
partitive novaa novia
accusative nova
novan		 novat
inessive novassa novissa
elative novasta novista
illative novaan noviin
adessive novalla novilla
ablative novalta novilta
allative novalle noville
essive novana novina
translative novaksi noviksi
instructive – novin
abessive novatta novitta
comitative – novineen
1) Rare.   

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nova

  1. new

[edit] Italian

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nova f. (plural nove)

  1. nova

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[edit] Latin

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nova

  1. feminine nominative singular of novus.
  2. feminine vocative singular of novus.
  3. neuter nominative plural of novus.
  4. neuter accusative plural of novus.
  5. neuter vocative plural of novus.

novā

  1. feminine ablative singular of novus.

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /nôːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: no‧va

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nȏva f. (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

  1. nova

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    declension of nova
singular plural
nominative nova nove
genitive nove nova
dative novi novama
accusative novu nove
vocative novo nove
locative novi novama
instrumental novom novama

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nova

  1. feminine singular of novu.

[edit] Venetian

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nova f.

  1. feminine form of novo
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