krava

See also: kráva and kräva

Latvian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian krūvà (“pile, heap”).

Noun

krava f (4th declension)

1. cargo, freight

Declension

Declension of krava (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	krava	kravas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kravu	kravas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kravas	kravu
dative (datīvs)	kravai	kravām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kravu	kravām
locative (lokatīvs)	kravā	kravās
vocative (vokatīvs)	krava	kravas

Related terms

• kraut (“to pile, to stack”)
• kravāt (“to pack”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kravene

Noun

krava n

1. definite plural of krav

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

krava n

1. definite plural of krav

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /krâʋa/
• Hyphenation: kra‧va

Noun

krȁva f (Cyrillic spelling кра̏ва)

1. cow (mammal)

Declension

Declension of krava

	singular	plural
nominative	krava	krave
genitive	krave	krava
dative	kravi	kravama
accusative	kravu	krave
vocative	kravo	krave
locative	kravi	kravama
instrumental	kravom	kravama

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian krava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krâvḁ/

Noun

krava f

1. cow

Declension

    declension of krava (series-2b fem)

	singular	plural
nominative	krava	krave
genitive	krave	krav
dative	kravu	kravami
accusative	kravu	krave
locative	kravu	krave
instrumental	kravom	kravami

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 399

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrava/

Noun

krava f (genitive singular kravy, nominative plural kravy, genitive plural kráv, declension pattern of žena)

1. cow

Declension

Declension of krava

	singular	plural
nominative	krava	kravy
genitive	kravy	kráv
dative	krave	kravám
accusative	kravu	kravy
locative	krave	kravách
instrumental	kravou	kravami

Derived terms

• kraviar m
• kravička f
• kravina f
• kravský, kravská, kravské

Related terms

• býk m (“bull”)
• vôl m (“ox”)
• teľa n (“calf”)

Further reading

• krava in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kràːʋa/

Noun

kráva f

1. cow

Inflection

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, a-stem
nom. sing.	kráva
gen. sing.	kráve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kráva	krávi	kráve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kráve	kráv	kráv
dative (dajȃlnik)	krávi	krávama	krávam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	krávo	krávi	kráve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krávi	krávah	krávah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krávo	krávama	krávami

Related terms

• têle
• bìk
• vòl

Further reading

• “krava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran