jenav

Volapük

Etymology

From jenön +‎ -av. The derivation from jenön seems to be somewhat based on German Geschichte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈnav/

Noun

jenav (nominative plural jenavs)

1. history, past
2. history (study of history)

Declension

declension of jenav

	singular	plural
nominative	jenav	jenavs
genitive	jenava	jenavas
dative	jenave	jenaves
accusative	jenavi	jenavis
vocative 1	o jenav!	o jenavs!
predicative 2	jenavu	jenavus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• jenavan
• jenavik