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daven

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See also: dáven

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yiddish דאַוונען (davnen).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.vən/
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Verb

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daven (third-person singular simple present davens, present participle davening, simple past and past participle davened)

  1. (intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Verb

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daven

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of dar

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch *daven, further etymology uncertain. May be related to Old Saxon dovon, Old High German tobēn, but the vowel a is irregular in this case. It is found in Middle Low German daven, where it may be regular, which makes it a possible Middle Low German borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːvə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: da‧ven

Verb

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daven

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to rage, to rant
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to shake, to tremble, to waver

Conjugation

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Conjugation of daven (weak)
infinitive daven
past singular daafde
past participle gedaafd
infinitive daven
gerund daven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular daaf daafde
2nd person sing. (jij) daaft, daaf2 daafde
2nd person sing. (u) daaft daafde
2nd person sing. (gij) daaft daafde
3rd person singular daaft daafde
plural daven daafden
subjunctive sing.1 dave daafde
subjunctive plur.1 daven daafden
imperative sing. daaf
imperative plur.1 daaft
participles davend gedaafd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *davьnъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dávən (comparative davnejši, superlative nȁjdavnejši)

  1. ancient, olden

Inflection

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Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. dáven dávna dávno
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative dáven ind
dávni def
dávna dávno
genitive dávnega dávne dávnega
dative dávnemu dávni dávnemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
dávno dávno
locative dávnem dávni dávnem
instrumental dávnim dávno dávnim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative dávna dávni dávni
genitive dávnih dávnih dávnih
dative dávnima dávnima dávnima
accusative dávna dávni dávni
locative dávnih dávnih dávnih
instrumental dávnima dávnima dávnima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative dávni dávne dávna
genitive dávnih dávnih dávnih
dative dávnim dávnim dávnim
accusative dávne dávne dávna
locative dávnih dávnih dávnih
instrumental dávnimi dávnimi dávnimi

Further reading

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  • daven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024