järv

• jv (abbreviation)

From Proto-Finnic *järvi. Cognate with Finnish and Votic järvi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjærv/, [ˈjærv]
• Rhymes: -ærv
• Hyphenation: järv

järv (genitive järve, partitive järve)

1. lake (a larger land cavity filled with water that is not directly connected to the sea)

   pardid ujuvad järves ― ducks swim in the lake

• järv in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “järv”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Old Swedish iærver, from Old Norse jarfr, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ (erafaʀ), of debated origin. Cognate with Faroese jarvur, Norwegian Nynorsk jerv & Norwegian Bokmål jerv, and possibly related to Old Norse jarpr (“brown”), Old English eorp (“brown; dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”).

• IPA^(key): /jærv/
• Homophone: djärv

järv c

1. wolverine (Gulo gulo)

• fjällfras n (dated)

• järv in Svensk ordbok.
• järv in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
• järv in SAOB

• värj

From Proto-Finnic *järvi.

järv

1. lake

• järvenkesk

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “озеро”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika