Pleva
See also: pleva
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Pleva.
Proper noun
Pleva (plural Plevas)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pleva is the 36204th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 619 individuals. Pleva is most common among White (94.35%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pleva”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈplɛva]
Proper noun
Pleva m anim (female equivalent Plevová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Pleva (masculine animate in -a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pleva | Plevové |
| genitive | Plevy | Plevů |
| dative | Plevovi | Plevům |
| accusative | Plevu | Plevy |
| vocative | Plevo | Plevové |
| locative | Plevovi | Plevech |
| instrumental | Plevou | Plevy |
Further reading
- “Pleva”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʎeva]
Proper noun
Pleva m pers (female equivalent Plevová)
- a male surname
Declension
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pleva | Plevovia | Plevovci |
| genitive | Plevu | Plevov | Plevovcov |
| dative | Plevovi | Plevom | Plevovcom |
| accusative | Plevu | Plevov | Plevovcov |
| locative | Plevovi | Plevoch | Plevovcoch |
| instrumental | Plevom | Plevami | Plevovcami |
Further reading
- “Pleva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025