sav

sav

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Saafi-Saafi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Saafi-Saafi terms

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Clipping of saveloy.

sav (plural savs)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
   • 1982, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, NZ, Predicament, The Dunmore Press, page 68,

     “Well, I don′t know what you′ll think. I′m only saying this to show what you′ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs.”

     There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys. […] ”

   • 2007, Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice, UK: William Heinemann, page 397:

     ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I′ll have savs, faggots and pease pudding.’

   • 2008, Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia, UK: Crimson Publishing, page 176:

     The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offer […] battered savs/Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.

Clipping of savage.

sav (comparative more sav, superlative most sav)

1. (UK, slang) Clipping of savage (“unpleasant or unfair”).

sav (plural savs)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A ruthless or badass person; a savage.
   • 2001 November 20, “Cuz I'm The Mack”‎^[1]performed by The Jacka:

     Fuck that / I'd rather be the young sav on the track / Sellin' dope and pimpin' hoes / 'Cause I'm the mack

   • 2020 June 25, “Different”‎^[2]performed by Friyie:

     Couple of savs around us smoking on gas in Ghana / I get the bag the commas shawty attached she want it

   • 2022 August 29, @floiwnl, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 20 January 2024:

     finished my first day of high school I'm a sav

• “sav”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.

• ASV, AVS, AVs, VAs, vas, vas-

From sevel (“stand”, verb). Compare Breton sav and Welsh saf.

sav m (plural savow)

1. stand, stance

sav

1. second-person singular imperative of sevel

• IPA^(key): /saːˀv/, [ˈsæˀw], [ˈsæwˀ]

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, cognate with Norwegian sag, Swedish såg, English saw, German Säge, Dutch zaag.

sav c (singular definite saven, plural indefinite save)

1. a saw (cutting tool with a toothed blade)

• kædesav
• motorsav
• rundsav
• savtak

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sav

1. imperative of save

• “sav” in Den Danske Ordbog

Partly from the adjective savanyú (“sour”), partly the old adjectival form of the noun só (“salt”): savas, or possessive: sava.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒv]

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• Rhymes: -ɒv

sav (plural savak)

1. acid

   Antonyms: lúg, bázis

• savas

• sav in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• vas

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

• IPA^(key): /sâʋ/

sȁv (Cyrillic spelling са̏в)

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 the whole weekend.

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

From Old Swedish sava, from Latin sapa.

• IPA^(key): /sɑːv/
• Rhymes: -ɑːv

sav c

1. sap (juice in plants)

• sava
• savig

• kåda (“resin”)

• sav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• vas

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ساو (sav) or from other historic Turkic varieties. The term fell out of use in Turkey in the XVII-th century and was reintroduced during the language reform in order to replace داعیه (dâiye, “incitement, cause, motive”) and ادعا (iddiâ). The last term is still in use, however, see iddia.

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sāb.

sav (definite accusative savı, plural savlar)

1. (law) contention
2. (mathematics) theorem
3. (logic) proposition
4. (philosophy) thesis
5. (methodology) assertion
6. argument, allegation, claim
7. (Bolu, Bitlis, Şanlıurfa, Hatay) gossip
8. (Van, Niğde) conversation
9. (Ordu) letter
10. (Elazığ, Malatya) epidemic
11. (Ankara) news

• savcı

sav

1. second-person singular imperative of savmak

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sav”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “sav”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu