sav

See also SAV, sáv, säv, and šav

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of saveloy.

Noun

sav (plural savs)

1. (UK, 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

Shortening of savage.

Adjective

sav (comparative more sav, superlative most sav)

1. (UK, slang, informal) Short for savage (unpleasant or unfair).

See also

• cab sav

Anagrams

• ASV
• vas

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Hungarian

Etymology

Partly from the adjective savanyú, partly the old adjectival form of the noun só: savas, or possessive: sava.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃɒv/

Noun

sav (plural savak)

1. acid

Declension

declension of sav 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

possessives of sav possessor singular possession plural possession 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

• borkősav
• sósav
• ecetsav

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Rafsi

sav

1. rafsi of savru.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sâʋ/

Adjective

sȁv (Cyrillic spelling са̏в)

1. all, complete, whole

   sav sv(ij)et — the whole world

   svi ljudi — all the people

   svo radništvo — the whole working class

   sve vr(ij)eme — all the time

   svom snagom/silom — with all one's force

2. (pronominally, masculine plural) 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, neuter singular) everything, all

   sve si pojeo — you ate everything

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

   to je sve — that's all

   sve u sve(mu) — all in all

   sve(mu) si ti kriv — you are to blame for everything

   ni za sve na sv(ij)etu — for nothing in the world

   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, completely

   sav sam mokar - I'm completely wet

   sve tamo do mora - all the way to the sea

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

Synonyms

• (Croatia) vas, ves

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Swedish

Noun

sav c

1. sap (juice in plants)

Declension

Declension of sav

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	sav	saven
genitive	savs	savens

Related terms

• sava
• savig

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic sav, from Proto-Turkic.

Noun

sav

1. argument, thesis, allegation, claim