sove

From Old Danish souæ, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Swedish sova and English asweve. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”) (whence also Sanskrit स्वपिति (svapiti)). From the same root also comes Danish søvn (“sleep”).

• IPA^(key): /sɔvə/, [ˈsɒːʊ]

sove (past tense sov, past participle sovet)

1. sleep

• være vågen

• søvn

From French sauver (“save”).

• IPA^(key): /sove/

sove

1. to save

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).

sove (imperative sov, present tense sover, simple past sov, past participle sovet, present participle sovende)

1. to sleep.

• søvn

• “sove” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• sova

From Old Norse sofa.

• IPA^(key): /²soːʋə/

sove (present tense søv, past tense sov, supine sove, past participle soven, present participle sovande, imperative sov)

1. to sleep

• søvn

• “sove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Rhymes: -ɔvi

sove

1. inflection of sovar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

sove (Cyrillic spelling сове)

1. inflection of sova:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔve]

sove

1. dative/locative singular of sova