erva

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) erva n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ervum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• erve (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse erfa.

Verb

erva (present tense erver, past tense ervde, past participle ervd, passive infinitive ervast, present participle ervande, imperative erv)

1. to inherit

References

• “erva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Arve, Vera, arve, erva, evar, rave, reva, vare, vear, vera

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”), *g(')herə-. Cognate with Old Spanish yerba, Old Occitan erba and Old French erbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.βa/

Noun

erva f (plural ervas)

1. herb
2. weed.

Descendants

• Galician: herba
• Portuguese: erva
  • Kabuverdianu: érba

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• herva (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese erva, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”), *g(')herə-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈɛɦ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈɛɦ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɻ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.vɐ/

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

Noun

erva f (plural ervas)

1. herb
   1. (colloquial, South Brazil) yerba mate
2. grass
3. weed
   1. (slang) marijuana

Related terms

• erveiro

See also

• grama f
• relva f

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

erva f

1. grass

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

erva f (plural ervi)

1. herb