sove

See also: sově, söve, and søve

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish souæ, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Swedish sova. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”) (whence also Sanskrit स्वपिति (svapiti)). From the same root also comes Danish søvn (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔvə/, [ˈsɒːʊ]

Verb

sove (imperative sov, infinitive at sove, present tense sover, past tense sov, perfect tense sovet)

1. to sleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of sove

active passive present sover soves past sov — infinitive sove soves imperative sov — participle present sovende past sovet (auxiliary verb have) gerund soven

Antonyms

• vågen

Derived terms

• sovebriks
• sovebus
• soveby
• sovedrik
• sovehjerte
• sovekammer
• sovekammerat
• sovemedicin
• sovemiddel
• sovepille
• soveplads
• sovepude
• sovesal
• sovesofa
• sovested
• sovesyge
• sovetablet
• sovetryne
• sovevogn
• soveværelse

Related terms

• søvn

See also

• blunde
• slumre
• snorke
• boble

References

• “sove” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sove” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sauver (“to save”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sove/

Verb

sove

1. (transitive) to save, to rescue

Related terms

• sovtay

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 184

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²soːvə/

Verb

sove (imperative sov, present tense sover, simple past sov, past participle sovet, present participle sovende)

1. to sleep.

Derived terms

• sovekommune
• sovepille
• sovepose
• soverom
• sovetablett
• sovevogn
• soveværelse

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sova

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²soːʋə/

Verb

sove (present tense søv, past tense sov, supine sove, past participle soven, present participle sovande, imperative sov)

1. to sleep

Derived terms

• sovekommune
• sovepille
• sovepose
• soverom
• sovetablett
• sovevogn

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

sove

1. inflection of sovar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sove (Cyrillic spelling сове)

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔve/, [ˈsɔʋe]
• Rhymes: -ɔve
• Hyphenation: so‧ve

Noun

sove

1. dative/locative singular of sova