sarv

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sarvi (compare Finnish sarvi), from the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root *śarwe as Hungarian szarv.

Noun

sarv (genitive sarve, partitive sarve)

1. horn

Declension

Declension of sarv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sarv	sarved
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sarve
genitive			sarvede
partitive		sarve	sarvi sarvesid
illative		sarve sarvesse	sarvedesse sarvisse
inessive		sarves	sarvedes sarvis
elative		sarvest	sarvedest sarvist
allative		sarvele	sarvedele sarvile
adessive		sarvel	sarvedel sarvil
ablative		sarvelt	sarvedelt sarvilt
translative		sarveks	sarvedeks sarviks
terminative		sarveni	sarvedeni
essive		sarvena	sarvedena
abessive		sarveta	sarvedeta
comitative		sarvega	sarvedega

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to dialectal Norwegian svarva (“go around in circles”).

Noun

sarv c

1. the fish common rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus
   • 1914, August Strindberg, Konsten att meta‎^[1]:

     Betet består av medelstor mört eller sarv, av vilken man hugger av stjärten.

     As bait is used roach or rudd with their tails chopped off.

Declension

Declension of sarv

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sarv	sarvs
	definite	sarven	sarvens
plural	indefinite	sarvar	sarvars
	definite	sarvarna	sarvarnas

Etymology 2

From Northern Sami sarvvis, from Proto-Samic *sërvēs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas, possibly via Finnic. Compare Finnish hirvas.

Noun

sarv c

1. male reindeer
   • 2003, Dagens Industri: Ge renägare incitament att minska trafikdöden‎^[2]:

     ...renägaren ersätts med 1 495 kronor för kalv, 1 957 för sarv och för vaja 3 073 kronor för upphittade renar.

     ...the owner of the reindeer is compensated with 1,495 SEK for a calf, 1,957 for a bull and 3,073 for a cow for any reindeer found.

Declension

Declension of sarv

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sarv	sarvs
	definite	sarven	sarvens
plural	indefinite	sarvar	sarvars
	definite	sarvarna	sarvarnas

Synonyms

• rentjur c

Antonyms

• vaja c

Hypernyms

• ren c

Hyponyms

• härk c

References

• sarv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sarv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Anagrams

• arvs, svar, vars

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sarvi.

Noun

sarv

1. horn
2. antler

Declension

Inflection of sarv (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	sarv
genitive sing.	sarven
partitive sing.	sarved
partitive plur.	sarvid
	singular	plural
nominative	sarv	sarved
accusative	sarven	sarved
genitive	sarven	sarviden
partitive	sarved	sarvid
essive-instructive	sarven	sarvin
translative	sarveks	sarvikš
inessive	sarves	sarviš
elative	sarvespäi	sarvišpäi
illative	sarvehe	sarvihe
adessive	sarvel	sarvil
ablative	sarvelpäi	sarvilpäi
allative	sarvele	sarvile
abessive	sarveta	sarvita
comitative	sarvenke	sarvidenke
prolative	sarvedme	sarvidme
approximative I	sarvenno	sarvidenno
approximative II	sarvennoks	sarvidennoks
egressive	sarvennopäi	sarvidennopäi
terminative I	sarvehesai	sarvihesai
terminative II	sarvelesai	sarvilesai
terminative III	sarvessai	—
additive I	sarvehepäi	sarvihepäi
additive II	sarvelepäi	sarvilepäi