cerva

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See also: ċerva and červa

Italian

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cerva

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛr.va/
Rhymes: -ɛrva
Hyphenation: cèr‧va

Noun

cerva f (plural cerve, masculine cervo)

hind

Derived terms

cervicapra

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of cervus; cervus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

cerva: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈker.u̯a/, [ˈkɛru̯ä]
cerva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.va/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrvä]
cervā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈker.u̯aː/, [ˈkɛru̯äː]
cervā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.va/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrvä]

Noun

cerva f (genitive cervae); first declension

a female deer, doe, hind

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

	singular	plural
nominative	cerva	cervae
genitive	cervae	cervārum
dative	cervae	cervīs cervābus
accusative	cervam	cervās
ablative	cervā	cervīs cervābus
vocative	cerva	cervae

Descendants

Italian: cerva
Romanian: cerbă, cearbă
Sardinian: cherva, cerva
Spanish: cierva
→ Andalusian Arabic: chírba

References

“cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cerva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.vɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɻ.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.bɐ/ [ˈsɛɾ.βɐ]

Homophone: serva

Etymology 1

From Latin cerva.

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

female equivalent of cervo: doe; hind

Etymology 2

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

(Brazil, slang) Clipping of cerveja (“beer”).