eva

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eva"

English

Adverb

eva (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of ever.

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish eva, eve, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨβɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti. Cognate with Breton evañ, Irish ibh, Manx iu, and Welsh yfed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːvə/

Verb

eva

  1. to drink, absorb

Conjugation

Conjugation of eva
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present/future evav evydh yv evyn evowgh evons evir
preterite evis evsys evas evsyn evsowgh evsons evas
imperfect even eves eva even evewgh evens evys
pluperfect evsen evses evsa evsen evsewgh evsens evsys
subjunctive present/future yffiv yffi effo yffyn yffowgh effons effer
imperfect effen effes effa effen effewgh effens effys
imperative - yv eves evyn evewgh evens -
non-finite forms present participle ow eva verbal adjective evys

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Eva (Eve), referring to the fig leaves the postlapsarian Eve wore to cover her vulva in the Biblical story.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.vaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eva

Noun

eva f (plural eva's, diminutive evaatje n)

  1. (archaic) a half-apron

Ladin

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apis.

Noun

eva f (plural eves)

  1. (Gherdëina, Fascian) bee
    N’eva me à picià.
    A bee stung me.

Alternative forms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Eva (Eve), of the biblical creation story.[1] The name comes from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

Pronunciation

Noun

eva f (definite singular evaa, indefinite plural evaer, definite plural evaene)

  1. a woman, particularly with very womanly traits

Etymology 2

From Old Norse efa, ifa.[1]

Alternative forms

  • eve (e-infinitive)

Pronunciation

Verb

eva (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative eva/ev)

  1. (reflexive) to doubt, drag one's feet
Usage notes
  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 3

Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.

Noun

eva f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever or evor, definite plural evene or evone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of eve
  2. definite singular of eve

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • evi (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

eva n

  1. definite plural of ev

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “eva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit एव (eva). Doublet of evaṃ.

Particle

eva

  1. (emphatic) so, even, just
    • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
      7. Tassā dvemāsiko gabbho lohitañ ñeva pagghari
      tad'assā mātā kupitā mayhaṃ ñātī samānayi.
      7. When her unborn child was two months old, just blood flowed forth. Then her angry mother brought her kin to me.
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)[1], page 192:
      සෙය්‍යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති, එවමෙවස‍්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති තායෙවප‍්පාහාරතාය.
      Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
      Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.

Usage notes

Follows the word it emphasises. Sandhi often occurs:

  • After 'i', 'e' and 'ṃ', it often becomes yeva.
  • After 'ṃ', it can further assimilate to become ñeva.
  • After long vowels, its initial vowel can drop, yielding va.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin aqua. Compare French eau, Romansch ava, ova.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛva/ (Turin)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛvɐ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛwɐ/

Noun

eva f

  1. water

Swedish

Etymology

From Eva (Eve).

Noun

eva c

  1. (colloquial, dated) woman

Declension

Further reading

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