arva

See also: Arva, árva, and ärva

English

Etymology

Likely from charver.

Verb

arva (third-person singular simple present arvas, present participle arvaing, simple past and past participle arva’d)

  1. (Polari) To have sex with; to fuck.

Latin

Noun

arva

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of arvum

References

  • arva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • arva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈarːva/

Noun

arva

  1. energy, willpower
    Synonym: arvu

Inflection

Even a-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative arva
Genitive arvva
Singular Plural
Nominative arva arvvat
Accusative arvva arvvaid
Genitive arvva arvvaid
Illative arvii arvvaide
Locative arvvas arvvain
Comitative arvvain arvvaiguin
Essive arvan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person arvan arvame arvamet
2nd person arvat arvade arvadet
3rd person arvas arvaska arvaset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

arva

  1. inflection of arve:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From arv (inheritance) + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²arva/, [²ɑ̈r.ʋɑ̈]

Verb

arva (present tense arvar, past tense arva, past participle arva, passive infinitive arvast, present participle arvande, imperative arva/arv)

  1. to inherit

References

Anagrams

Votic

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑrvɑː/, [ˈɑrvɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrvɑː
  • Hyphenation: ar‧va

Adverb

arva

  1. rarely
  2. far apart

Adjective

arva

  1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of arvõ

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “arvaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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