cerva

See also: ċerva and červa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛr.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛrva
• Hyphenation: cèr‧va

Noun

cerva f (plural cerve, masculine cervo)

1. hind

Derived terms

• cervicapra

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Latin

Etymology

Feminine of cervus; cervus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• cerva: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈker.u̯a/, [ˈkɛru̯ä]
• cerva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.va/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrvä]
• cervā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈker.u̯aː/, [ˈkɛru̯äː]
• cervā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.va/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrvä]

Noun

cerva f (genitive cervae); first declension

1. a female deer, doe, hind

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cerva	cervae
Genitive	cervae	cervārum
Dative	cervae	cervīs cervābus
Accusative	cervam	cervās
Ablative	cervā	cervīs cervābus
Vocative	cerva	cervae

Descendants

• Italian: cerva
• Romanian: cerbă, cearbă
• Sardinian: cherva, cerva
• Spanish: cierva
• → Andalusian Arabic: chírba

References

• “cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cerva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/
• Homophone: serva

Etymology 1

From Latin cerva.

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

1. female equivalent of cervo: doe; hind

Etymology 2

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

1. (Brazil, slang) Short for cerveja (“beer”).