cev
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvь (“tube, spool”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sêːʋ/
Noun
cȇv f (Cyrillic spelling це̑в)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cev | cev |
| genitive | cevi | cevi |
| dative | cevi | cevima |
| accusative | cev | cevi |
| vocative | cevi | cevi |
| locative | cevi | cevima |
| instrumental | cevlju | cevima |
References
- “cev”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěvь (“tube, spool”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡séːʋ/
Noun
cẹ̑v f
Declension
| 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)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 11.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 210; 273.