krava

See also: kráva and kräva

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (to heap up).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian krūvà (pile, heap).

Noun

krava f (4th declension)

  1. cargo, freight

Declension

Declension of krava (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative krava kravas
genitive kravas kravu
dative kravai kravām
accusative kravu kravas
instrumental kravu kravām
locative kravā kravās
vocative krava kravas
  • kraut (to pile, to stack)
  • kravāt (to pack)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “616-17”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 616-17

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

krava n

  1. definite plural of krav

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

krava n

  1. definite plural of krav

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva.[1] First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /krâʋa/
  • Hyphenation: kra‧va

Noun

krȁva f (Cyrillic spelling кра̏ва)

  1. cow (mammal)

Declension

Declension of krava
singular plural
nominative krava krave
genitive krave krava
dative kravi kravama
accusative kravu krave
vocative kravo krave
locative kravi kravama
instrumental kravom kravama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “krȁva”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 497

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian krava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krâvḁ/

Noun

krava f

  1. cow

Declension

Declension of krava (series-2b fem)
singular plural
nominative krava
krave
genitive krave
krav
dative kravu
kravami
accusative kravu
krave
locative kravu
krave
instrumental kravom
kravami

References

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 399

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkrava]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

krava f (relational adjective kravský, diminutive kravička or kravka)

  1. cow

Declension

Declension of krava
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativekravakravy
genitivekravykráv
dativekravekravám
accusativekravukravy
locativekravekravách
instrumentalkravoukravami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • krava”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kràːʋa/

Noun

kráva f

  1. cow

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. kráva
gen. sing. kráve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kráva krávi kráve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kráve kráv kráv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
krávi krávama krávam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
krávo krávi kráve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
krávi krávah krávah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
krávo krávama krávami

Further reading

  • krava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025