šva

See also: sva and svá

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (š’vā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃva]
  • Hyphenation: šva

Noun

šva n (indeclinable)

  1. (linguistics) schwa (mid central vowel sound)
  2. shva (one of the Hebrew nikud vowel signs)

Further reading
  • šva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • šva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • šva in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

šva m (Cyrillic spelling шва)

  1. (phonology) schwa

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately, from Hebrew שְׁוָא (sh'va, š’vā, “nought”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃva]

Noun

šva n (indeclinable)

  1. (phonology) schwa

Further reading
  • “šva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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