veva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (to weave). Compare Icelandic vefa, Norwegian veve, Swedish väva, Danish væve.

Verb

veva (third person singular past indicative vav, third person plural past indicative vóvu, supine vovið)

  1. to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-52)
infinitive
supine vovið
present past
first singular vevi vav
second singular vevur vavst
third singular vevur vav
plural veva vóvu
participle (a26)1 vevandi vovin
imperative
singular vev!
plural vevið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vidua.

Adjective

veva

  1. feminine singular of vevo

Noun

veva f (plural veves) (ORB, broad)

  1. widow
    Coordinate term: vevo m

References

  • veuve in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • veva in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

veva n

  1. definite plural of vev

Verb

veva

  1. inflection of veve:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • veve (of verb, e infinitive)
  • våvå (of verb, dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa. Akin to English weave.

Pronunciation

  • (of verb): IPA(key): /²ʋeːʋɑ/
  • (of noun): IPA(key): /ˈʋeːʋɑ/

Verb

veva (present tense vev, past tense vov, supine vove, past participle voven, present participle vevande, imperative vev)

  1. to weave (a way of making cloth)

Noun

veva n

  1. definite plural of vev

Derived terms

  • vevnad

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

vev (crank) +‎ -a

Verb

veva (present vevar, preterite vevade, supine vevat, imperative veva)

  1. to turn a crank; to wind, to crank
    veva upp hinken ur brunnen
    wind up the bucket from the well
  2. to wave one's arms or the like around
    Stå inte där och veva
    Don't stand there gesticulating

Conjugation

Conjugation of veva (weak)
active passive
infinitive veva vevas
supine vevat vevats
imperative veva
imper. plural1 veven
present past present past
indicative vevar vevade vevas vevades
ind. plural1 veva vevade vevas vevades
subjunctive2 veve vevade veves vevades
present participle vevande
past participle vevad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

Noun

veva c

  1. (in "i samma veva" and "i den vevan") at around the same time, (often, idomatically) at the same time
    I samma som veva som expeditionen drabbades av malaria bröt krig ut i Europa och gjorde det svårt att leverera förnödenheter
    At the same time that the expedition was struck by malaria, war broke out in Europe, making it difficult to deliver supplies

Usage notes

"In the same swing of events," intuitively.

Declension

Declension of veva
nominative genitive
singular indefinite veva -
definite vevan -
plural indefinite
definite

References