eva
English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]eva (not comparable)
Anagrams
[edit]Cornish
[edit]Verb
[edit]eva
- to drink
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Eva (“Eve”), referring to the fig leaves the postlapsarian Eve wore to cover her vulva in the Biblical story.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eva f (plural eva's, diminutive evaatje n)
- (archaic) A half-apron.
Ladin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]eva f (plural eves)
- (Gherdëina, Fascian) bee
- N’eva me à picià.
- A bee stung me.
Alternative forms
[edit]- ê (Badiot)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Eva (“Eve”), of the biblical creation story.[1] The name comes from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eva f (definite singular evaa, indefinite plural evaer, definite plural evaene)
- a woman, particularly with very womanly traits
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- eve (e-infinitive)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]eva (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative eva/ev)
- (reflexive) to doubt, drag one's feet
Usage notes
[edit]- This is a split infinitive verb.
Etymology 3
[edit]Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.
Noun
[edit]eva f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever or evor, definite plural evene or evone)
Etymology 4
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]eva n
References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit एव (eva). Doublet of evaṃ.
Particle
[edit]eva
- (emphatic) so, even, just
- c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
- 7. Tassā dvemāsiko gabbho lohitañ ñeva pagghari
tad'assā mātā kupitā mayhaṃ ñātī samānayi.- 7. When her unborn child was two months old, just blood flowed forth. Then her angry mother brought her kin to me.
- 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)[1], page 192:
- සෙය්යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග්ගවිලුග්ගා භවන්ති, එවමෙවස්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග්ගවිලුග්ගා භවන්ති තායෙවප්පාහාරතාය.
- Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
- Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.
Usage notes
[edit]Follows the word it emphasises. Sandhi often occurs:
- After 'i', 'e' and 'ṃ', it often becomes yeva.
- After 'ṃ', it can further assimilate to become ñeva.
- After long vowels, its initial vowel can drop, yielding va.
Piedmontese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aqua. Compare French eau, Romansch ava, ova.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eva f
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Eva (“Eve”).
Noun
[edit]eva c
- (colloquial, dated) woman
Declension
[edit]Declension of eva | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | eva | evan | evor | evorna |
Genitive | evas | evans | evors | evornas |
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- nn:Female
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