salvia

See also: Salvia, sálvia, and sàlvia

English

Common sage (Salvia officinalis) is the type species of the salvias.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salvia (“sage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsælvɪə/

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Noun

salvia (plural salvias)

1. A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.
   • 2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.

Derived terms

• red salvia

References

• Salvia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Salvia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Alavis, Avilas, Slavia, Valais, avails, saliva

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish salvia, ultimately from Latin salvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlʋiɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑlʋiɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sal‧vi‧a

Noun

salvia

1. sage, Salvia officinalis (herb)
2. sage (this plant used in cooking)
3. sage (plant of the genus Salvia)

Declension

Inflection of salvia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		salvia	salviat
genitive		salvian	salvioiden salvioitten
partitive		salviaa	salvioita
illative		salviaan	salvioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		salvia	salviat
accusative	nom.	salvia	salviat
	gen.	salvian
genitive		salvian	salvioiden salvioitten salviainrare
partitive		salviaa	salvioita
inessive		salviassa	salvioissa
elative		salviasta	salvioista
illative		salviaan	salvioihin
adessive		salvialla	salvioilla
ablative		salvialta	salvioilta
allative		salvialle	salvioille
essive		salviana	salvioina
translative		salviaksi	salvioiksi
instructive		—	salvioin
abessive		salviatta	salvioitta
comitative		—	salvioineen

Possessive forms of salvia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	salviani	salviamme
2nd person	salviasi	salvianne
3rd person	salviansa

Compounds

• myskisalvia
• valkosalvia

Anagrams

• silava, slaavi

Italian

Etymology

From Latin salvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.vja/
• Rhymes: -alvja
• Syllabification: sàl‧via

Noun

salvia f (plural salvie)

1. sage

Anagrams

• lisava, salavi, saliva, salvai, vasali

Latin

Etymology

From salvus (“well, unharmed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.u̯i.a/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪u̯iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.vi.a/, [ˈsälviä]

Noun

salvia f (genitive salviae); first declension

1. sage

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	salvia	salviae
Genitive	salviae	salviārum
Dative	salviae	salviīs
Accusative	salviam	salviās
Ablative	salviā	salviīs
Vocative	salvia	salviae

Descendants

• → Catalan: sàlvia
• Galician: xarxa, sarxa
• Italian: salvia
• Old French: sauge
  • Middle French: sauge
    • → Middle English: sauge
      • English: sage
      • Scots: sage
    • French: sauge
  • Norman: sauge
• Piedmontese: sarvia, sàvia
• Portuguese: salva
• → Portuguese: sálvia
• Romanian: salbă (possibly)
• → Romanian: salvie
• Romansch: salvgia
• Spanish: salvia
• → Arabic: شَالَبِيَّة‎ (šālabiyya), سَالَبِيَّة‎ (sālabiyya)
• → English: salvia
• → Proto-West Germanic: *salbejā (see there for further descendants)

References

• “salvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salvia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• salvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Anagrams

• saliva

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• salvien

Noun

salvia m or f

1. definite feminine singular of salvie

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalbja/ [ˈsal.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -albja
• Syllabification: sal‧via

Noun

salvia f (plural salvias)

1. sage

Derived terms

• salvia real de México

 

Further reading

• “salvia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• saliva