cev

See also: cév and cêv

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• cijȇv (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěvь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sêːʋ/

Noun

cȇv f (Cyrillic spelling це̑в) (Ekavian)

1. tube
2. duct
3. pipe

Declension

Declension of cev

	singular	plural
nominative	cȇv	cȇvi
genitive	cȇvi	cévī
dative	cȇvi	cévima
accusative	cȇv	cȇvi
vocative	cȇvi	cȇvi
locative	cévi	cévima
instrumental	cȇvlju	cévima

References

• “cev”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvь (“tube, spool”). First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡séːʋ/

Noun

cẹ̑v f

1. tube, pipe

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	cév
gen. sing.	ceví
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	cév	ceví	ceví
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ceví	ceví	ceví
dative (dajȃlnik)	cévi	cevéma	cevém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	cév	ceví	ceví
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	cévi	cevéh	cevéh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	cevjó	cevéma	cevmí

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmongic *cæwᴮ (“body, trunk”). Related to Proto-Hmongic *ɟæwᴮ (“leg, branch”), whence ces, ceg (“leg, branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ce˧˦/

Noun

cev (classifier: lub)

1. body, trunk, main frame

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 11.