котва
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty (v-stem). Synchronically, either from кот (kot, “tomcat”) + -ва (-va) (due to the similarity between anchors and cat's claws) or from obsolete кота́я (kotája, “to hoop, to distort”) + -ва (-va) (in reference to the U-shape of most anchors).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔtvɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
ко́тва • (kótva) f
- anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ко́тва kótva |
ко́тви kótvi |
| definite | ко́твата kótvata |
ко́твите kótvite |
References
- “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔtva]
Audio: (file)
Noun
котва • (kotva) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | котва (kotva) | котви (kotvi) |
| definite unspecified | котвата (kotvata) | котвите (kotvite) |
| definite proximal | котвава (kotvava) | котвиве (kotvive) |
| definite distal | котвана (kotvana) | котвине (kotvine) |
| vocative | котво (kotvo) | котви (kotvi) |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kôtʋa/
- Hyphenation: кот‧ва
Noun
ко̏тва f (Latin spelling kȍtva)