kovas
Esperanto
Verb
kovas
- present of kovi
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- kov. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic of the rook's cry;[1] compare Proto-Slavic *gàvornъ (“rook”), English caw for similar formations. The shift to the "March" meaning comes from the fact that rooks (and other corvids) often begin building their rests in March.
Pronunciation
Noun
kóvas m (plural kovai̇̃) stress pattern 3
- March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
- rook (bird)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kóvas | kovai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kóvo | kovų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kóvui | kováms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kóvą | kóvus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kóvu | kovai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kovè | kovuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kóve | kovai̇̃ |
See also
Gregorian calendar monthsedit
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “kóvas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 306
Anagrams
Swedish
Noun
kovas
- indefinite genitive singular of kova