nov

See also: Nov, nóv, nov., nov-, Nov., növ, and nôv

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

nov (plural novs)

1. (slang, rare, rowing) A novice.
   • 1999, Oli Rosenbladt, “Virginia Women Sweep Rivanna Romp”, in Rowing News, volume 6, number 21, page 8:

     The novice eights race demonstrated one of the reasons UVa manages to be so good year after year; the UVa novs finished first and second in the event, while Clemson's novice crew, the surprise of the regatta, took third.

   • 2015, Echo Freer, Toxic Treacle:

     He scanned the group and his heart sank; he was shocked to see that, like Alex, they were mostly novices. […] He pulled down his scarf and drew Kraze to one side. 'Woz happenin' with the novs?'

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ناو.

Noun

nov (definite accusative novu, plural novlar)

1. gutter, drainpipe, water pipe, downpipe
2. flow, flowing, drainage
3. the sluice of a mill-dam

Declension

Declension of nov

	singular	plural
nominative	nov	novlr
definite accusative	novn	novlr
dative	novy	novlr
locative	novd	novlrd
ablative	novdn	novlrdn
definite genitive	novnn	novlrn

Possessive forms of nov

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	novm	novlrm
sənin (“your”)	novn	novlrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	novs	novlr
bizim (“our”)	novmz	novlrmz
sizin (“your”)	novnz	novlrnz
onların (“their”)	novs or novlr	novlr
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	novm	novlrm
sənin (“your”)	novn	novlrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	novsn	novlrn
bizim (“our”)	novmz	novlrmz
sizin (“your”)	novnz	novlrnz
onların (“their”)	novsn or novlrn	novlrn
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	novm	novlrm
sənin (“your”)	novn	novlrn
onun (“his/her/its”)	novsn	novlrn
bizim (“our”)	novmz	novlrmz
sizin (“your”)	novnz	novlrnz
onların (“their”)	novsn or novlrn	novlrn
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	novmd	novlrmd
sənin (“your”)	novnd	novlrnd
onun (“his/her/its”)	novsnd	novlrnd
bizim (“our”)	novmzd	novlrmzd
sizin (“your”)	novnzd	novlrnzd
onların (“their”)	novsnd or novlrnd	novlrnd
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	novmdn	novlrmdn
sənin (“your”)	novndn	novlrndn
onun (“his/her/its”)	novsndn	novlrndn
bizim (“our”)	novmzdn	novlrmzdn
sizin (“your”)	novnzdn	novlrnzdn
onların (“their”)	novsndn or novlrndn	novlrndn
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	novmn	novlrmn
sənin (“your”)	novnn	novlrnn
onun (“his/her/its”)	novsnn	novlrnn
bizim (“our”)	novmzn	novlrmzn
sizin (“your”)	novnzn	novlrnzn
onların (“their”)	novsnn or novlrnn	novlrnn

Further reading

• “nov” in Obastan.com.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnof]
• Rhymes: -of
• Hyphenation: nov

Etymology 1

Back-formation from nový.

Noun

nov m inan

1. new moon (phase of the moon)

   Synonym: novoluní

   Antonym: úplněk

Declension

Declension of nov (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	nov	novy
genitive	novu	novů
dative	novu	novům
accusative	nov	novy
vocative	nove	novy
locative	nově, novu	novech
instrumental	novem	novy

Further reading

• “nov”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nov”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nov”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nov

1. genitive plural of nova

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nov n (definite singular novet, indefinite plural nov, definite plural nova)

1. a construction type of a corner of a log cabin

   Synonym: laft

Derived terms

• kinnanov
• kvarkenov
• sinknov
• vagenov

Romansch

Romansch cardinal numbers

<  8	9	10  >
Cardinal : nov

Etymology 1

From Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Number

nov

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) nine

Alternative forms

• nouv (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology 2

From Latin novus, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Adjective

nov m (feminine singular nova, masculine plural novs, feminine plural novas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) new

Alternative forms

• niev (Sursilvan)
• nouv (Puter, Vallader)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nòvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôʋ/

Adjective

nȍv (Cyrillic spelling но̏в, definite nȍvī, comparative noviji)

1. new
2. novel
3. modern
4. recent
5. fresh

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		nov	nova	novo
genitive		nova	nove	nova
dative		novu	novoj	novu
accusative	inanimate animate	nov nova	novu	novo
vocative		nov	nova	novo
locative		novu	novoj	novu
instrumental		novim	novom	novim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		novi	nove	nova
genitive		novih	novih	novih
dative		novim(a)	novim(a)	novim(a)
accusative		nove	nove	nova
vocative		novi	nove	nova
locative		novim(a)	novim(a)	novim(a)
instrumental		novim(a)	novim(a)	novim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		novi	nova	novo
genitive		novog(a)	nove	novog(a)
dative		novom(u/e)	novoj	novom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	novi novog(a)	novu	novo
vocative		novi	nova	novo
locative		novom(e/u)	novoj	novom(e/u)
instrumental		novim	novom	novim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		novi	nove	nova
genitive		novih	novih	novih
dative		novim(a)	novim(a)	novim(a)
accusative		nove	nove	nova
vocative		novi	nove	nova
locative		novim(a)	novim(a)	novim(a)
instrumental		novim(a)	novim(a)	novim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		noviji	novija	novije
genitive		novijeg(a)	novije	novijeg(a)
dative		novijem(u)	novijoj	novijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	noviji novijeg(a)	noviju	novije
vocative		noviji	novija	novije
locative		novijem(u)	novijoj	novijem(u)
instrumental		novijim	novijom	novijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		noviji	novije	novija
genitive		novijih	novijih	novijih
dative		novijim(a)	novijim(a)	novijim(a)
accusative		novije	novije	novija
vocative		noviji	novije	novija
locative		novijim(a)	novijim(a)	novijim(a)
instrumental		novijim(a)	novijim(a)	novijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najnoviji	najnovija	najnovije
genitive		najnovijeg(a)	najnovije	najnovijeg(a)
dative		najnovijem(u)	najnovijoj	najnovijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najnoviji najnovijeg(a)	najnoviju	najnovije
vocative		najnoviji	najnovija	najnovije
locative		najnovijem(u)	najnovijoj	najnovijem(u)
instrumental		najnovijim	najnovijom	najnovijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najnoviji	najnovije	najnovija
genitive		najnovijih	najnovijih	najnovijih
dative		najnovijim(a)	najnovijim(a)	najnovijim(a)
accusative		najnovije	najnovije	najnovija
vocative		najnoviji	najnovije	najnovija
locative		najnovijim(a)	najnovijim(a)	najnovijim(a)
instrumental		najnovijim(a)	najnovijim(a)	najnovijim(a)

Derived terms

• ȉznova
• obnòviti
• pȍnōvan
• ponòviti

Further reading

• “nov”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Back-formation from nový.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɔʋ]

Noun

nov m inan

1. new moon

Declension

Declension of nov
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	nov	novy
genitive	novu	novov
dative	novu	novom
accusative	nov	novy
locative	nove	novoch
instrumental	novom	novmi

Further reading

• “nov”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nòvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ́ʋ/

Adjective

nȍv (comparative novȇjši, superlative nȁjnovȇjši)

1. new

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.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	nòv	nôva	nôvo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nòv ind nôvi def	nôva	nôvo
genitive	nôvega	nôve	nôvega
dative	nôvemu	nôvi	nôvemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	nôvo	nôvo
locative	nôvem	nôvi	nôvem
instrumental	nôvim	nôvo	nôvim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nôva	nôvi	nôvi
genitive	nôvih	nôvih	nôvih
dative	nôvima	nôvima	nôvima
accusative	nôva	nôvi	nôvi
locative	nôvih	nôvih	nôvih
instrumental	nôvima	nôvima	nôvima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nôvi	nôve	nôva
genitive	nôvih	nôvih	nôvih
dative	nôvim	nôvim	nôvim
accusative	nôve	nôve	nôva
locative	nôvih	nôvih	nôvih
instrumental	nôvimi	nôvimi	nôvimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “nov”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Noun

nov

1. November; Abbreviation of november.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Anagrams

• von