cev

See also: cév and cêv

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěvь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sêːʋ/

Noun

cȇv f (Cyrillic spelling це̑в) (Ekavian)

  1. tube
  2. duct
  3. pipe

Declension

Declension of cev
singular plural
nominative cȇv cȇvi
genitive cȇvi cévī
dative cȇvi cévima
accusative cȇv cȇvi
vocative cȇvi cȇvi
locative cévi cévima
instrumental cȇvlju cévima

References

  • cev”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvь (tube, spool). First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡séːʋ/

Noun

cẹ̑v f

  1. tube, pipe

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. cév
gen. sing. ceví
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
cév ceví ceví
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ceví ceví ceví
dative
(dajȃlnik)
cévi cevéma cevém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
cév ceví ceví
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
cévi cevéh cevéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
cevjó cevéma cevmí

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *cæwᴮ (body, trunk). Related to Proto-Hmong *ɟæwᴮ (leg, branch), whence ces, ceg (leg, branch).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ce˧˦/

Noun

cev (classifier: lub)

  1. body, trunk, main frame

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 11.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010), Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 210; 273.