-ва

• IPA^(key): [va]

-ва • (-va)

1. the definite article "the" in its proximate form, female gender.

   Твоја ли е цигарава?

   Tvoja li e cigarava?

   Is this cigarette yours?

2. the definite article "the" in its proximate plural form, neuter gender.

   Очилава ми се матни.

   Očilava mi se matni.

   My glasses (here) are blurry.

• -та (-ta)
• -на (-na)

• Appendix:Macedonian articles

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-ва • (-va)

1. prolative suffix
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     вчетверо — нилексть, нилева

     včetvero — nileksť, nile va

     fourfold [in Russian] — fourfold

     доверху — вельф, пяшксе, прява, пряда, пряс

     doverxu — veľf, päškse, prä va , präda, präs

     to the top [in Russian] — to the top

• -ва́: IPA^(key): [ ˈʋa]
• -́ва: IPA^(key): [ ˈʋa]

Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ва (-va), from Old East Slavic -ъва (-ŭva), from Proto-Slavic *-ъva.

-ва́ • (-vá) f sg (collective)

1. Uncommon suffix used to form collective nouns

   ‎кінь (kinʹ, “horse”) + ‎-ва (-va) → ‎кінва́ sg (kinvá, “horses; (collective)”)

   ‎татарин (tataryn, “Tatar”) + ‎-ва (-va) → ‎татарва́ sg (tatarvá, “Tartars; (collective, derogatory)”)

   ‎пан (pan, “sir, (historical) landowner”) + ‎-ва (-va) → ‎панва́ sg (panvá, “gentlemen, (historical) landowners; (collective, derogatory)”)

   ‎брат (brat, “brother”) + ‎-ва (-va) → ‎братва́ sg (bratvá, “bros; (collective, informal)”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-ва́ • (-vá) n

1. inflection of -во́ (-vó):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural