sêv

See also: sev, SEV, and şev

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cáywaH.

See also Central Kurdish سێو (sêw), Gurani [script needed] (saw), Zazaki sa, say, sawî, Middle Persian [script needed] (syp̄ /⁠sēp⁠/), Persian سیب (sib), Baluchi سوپ (sop), and Sanskrit सेवि (sevi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːv/
  • Audio (Turkey, Batman):(file)

Noun

sêv f

  1. apple

Declension

Declension of sêv
definite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative sêv sêv
construct sêva sêvên
oblique sêvê sêvan
demonstrative oblique sêvê wan sêvan
vocative sêvê sêvino
indefinite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative sêvek sêvin
construct sêveke sêvine
oblique sêvekê sêvinan

Derived terms

  • kulîlka sêva
  • sêvetirşk
  • sêvfroş
  • sêvik
  • sêvî

References

  • Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “sêv”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, page 678b
  • Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “խնձոր”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 154b