сав

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sag (“healthy”).

сав • (saw)

1. alive, unharmed; healthy
2. whole, not divided, not separated
3. whole, all, entire

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “сав”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

From Proto-Mongolic *saba. Cognate with Buryat һаба (haba) and Mongghul sawaa (“container, equipment, weapon”).

сав • (sav) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠪᠠ (saba))

1. container, vessel, vase, receptacle, crockery, bag

• бэхийн сав (bexiin sav)
• халуун сав (xaluun sav)
• харандааны сав (xarandaany sav)

• уут (uut)
• цунх (cunx)
• шуудай (šuudaj)

Metathesized from earlier вас, from Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

• IPA^(key): /sâʋ/

са̏в (Latin spelling sȁv)

1. all, complete, whole

   sav sv(ij)et ― the whole world

   svi ljudi ― all the people

   sve vr(ij)eme ― all the time

   svom svojom snagom ― with all my power

2. (pronominally, in plural only) everybody, everyone, all

   svi su došli na zabavu ― everyone came to the party

   svima ideš na živce! ― you're getting on everyone's nerves!

   svi za jednog, jedan za sve ― all for one, one for all

3. (pronominally, in neuter singular) everything, all

   Pojeo si sve? ― Did you eat everything?

   dosta mi je svega! ― I'm fed up with everything

   to je sve ― that's all

   sve u sve(mu) ― all in all

   pr(ij)e svega ― above all

   uz(a) sve to ― in addition to all that

   Sve najbolje! ― All the best!

4. (pronominally, as an intensifier) all, whole

   Sav sam mokar. ― I'm completely wet.

   sve do mora ― all the way to the sea

   Zauzet sam sav vikend ― I am busy whole weekend.

• “сав”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025