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Сава

//sǎːʋa/ | /sâːʋa/ | /sǎːʋa//
Serbo-Croatianname
Latinica: Sava ⇄one entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    Sava (river)
  2. 2.
    Saint Sava, first archbishop of the Serbian autocephalous church
  3. 3.
    a male given name, Sava, of Orthodox Christian usage

Etymology

Of pre-Slavic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press, push (forth); to water”) + *-eh₂, thus meaning something like “that which pushes forth, which waters”. Udolph, Jürgen (28 March 2007). "Stara Europa u Hrvatskoj: ime rijeke Save". Folia Onomastica Croatica (12/13) The name in Greek was Σάος (Sáos).

Forms

  • Са́ваcanonical • feminine
  • Sávaromanization
  • Са̑ваcanonical • feminine
  • Sȃvaromanization
Nominative
Singular
Са́ва, Са̑ва
Plural
—
Genitive
Singular
Саве
Plural
—
Dative
Singular
Сави
Plural
—
Accusative
Singular
Саву
Plural
—
Vocative
Singular
Саво, Сава
Plural
—
Locative
Singular
Сави
Plural
—
Instrumental
Singular
Савом
Plural
—

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