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Sava

//sǎːʋa/ | /sâːʋa/ | /sǎːʋa//
Serbo-Croatianname
Ћирилица: Саваone 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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