ruva

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rʉːʋɑ/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ruve

Verb

ruva (present tense ruvar or ruver, past tense ruva or ruvde, past participle ruva or ruvt or ruvd, present participle ruvande, imperative ruv)

1. to tower (to be very tall)

   Dei nye høghusa ruvar over dei små bygningane i gamlebyen.

   The new high-rise houses tower above the small buildings of the old city.

Etymology 2

Noun

ruva f

1. definite singular of ruve

References

• “ruva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ruva (Cyrillic spelling рува)

1. inflection of ruvo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.

Noun

ruva class 5 (plural maruva class 6)

1. flower

Swedish

ruva (verb)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish ruva, ruga. First attested in the 1500s.

Cognate with Norwegian ruva, Icelandic hrufa, German rufe, Middle Low German rōve, and Middle High German hruf, ruf.

Also likely cognate with Swedish rysa (“shiver”) and rå (“uncovered”).

Noun

ruva c

1. A tiny scab.

   Coordinate term: sårskorpa (“scab”)

   Jag fick en ruva från finnen.

   I got a tiny scab from the zit.

Etymology 2

Unknown origin.

Possibly from Swedish ruka (“small pile”), cognate with Icelandic hrúga (“heap, pile”). First attested in 1640.

Verb

ruva (present ruvar, preterite ruvade, supine ruvat, imperative ruva)

1. to brood (to keep an egg warm)

   i Mordors land, där skuggorna ruvar

   in the land of Mordor, where the shadows brood

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruva (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ruva		ruvas
Supine	ruvat		ruvats
Imperative	ruva		—
Imper. plural1	ruven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ruvar	ruvade	ruvas	ruvades
Ind. plural1	ruva	ruvade	ruvas	ruvades
Subjunctive2	ruve	ruvade	ruves	ruvades
	Participles
Present participle	ruvande
Past participle	ruvad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• ruvning

See also

• värpa

References

• ruva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ruva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• uvar