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Sava

//sǎːʋa/ | /sâːʋa/ | /sǎːʋa//
Serbo-Croatianname
Ћирилица: Сава ⇄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 (primarily used by people with an Orthodox Christian background)

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”. The name in Greek was Σάος (Sáos).

Forms

  • Sávacanonical • feminine
  • Са́ваcyrillic
  • Sȃvacanonical • feminine
  • Са̑ваcyrillic
Nominative
Singular
Sáva, Sȃva
Plural
—
Genitive
Singular
Save
Plural
—
Dative
Singular
Savi
Plural
—
Accusative
Singular
Savu
Plural
—
Vocative
Singular
Savo, Sava
Plural
—
Locative
Singular
Savi
Plural
—
Instrumental
Singular
Savom
Plural
—

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