zova
See also: zovâ
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From an older form bzova, from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zǒːʋa/
- Hyphenation: zo‧va
Noun
zóva f (Cyrillic spelling зо́ва)
- elder, elderflower, elderberry, sambucus
- Synonym: bàzga
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zova | zove |
| genitive | zove | zova |
| dative | zovi | zovama |
| accusative | zovu | zove |
| vocative | zovo | zove |
| locative | zovi | zovama |
| instrumental | zovom | zovama |
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “zóva”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 608
Further reading
- “zova”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025