ruva

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²rʉːʋɑ/

Alternative forms

Verb

ruva (present tense ruvar or ruver, past tense ruva or ruvde, past participle ruva or ruvt or ruvd, present participle ruvande, imperative ruv)

  1. to tower (to be very tall)
    Dei nye høghusa ruvar over dei små bygningane i gamlebyen.
    The new high-rise houses tower above the small buildings of the old city.

Noun

ruva f

  1. definite singular of ruve

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ruva (Cyrillic spelling рува)

  1. inflection of ruvo:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.

Noun

ruva class 5 (plural maruva class 6)

  1. flower

Swedish
ruva

Verb

ruva (present ruvar, preterite ruvade, supine ruvat, imperative ruva)

  1. to brood (to keep an egg warm)
    i Mordors land, där skuggorna ruvar
    in the land of Mordor, where the shadows brood

Conjugation
Conjugation of ruva (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive ruva ruvas
Supine ruvat ruvats
Imperative ruva —
Imper. plural1 ruven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative ruvar ruvade ruvas ruvades
Ind. plural1 ruva ruvade ruvas ruvades
Subjunctive2 ruve ruvade ruves ruvades
Participles
Present participle ruvande
Past participle ruvad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
  • ruvning

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