vav

See also: väv

English

Alternative forms

waw, vau

Etymology

Hebrew וי״ו (vav)

Noun

vav (plural vavs)

The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.

Translations

Hebrew letter

Arabic: وَاو m (wāw)
Catalan: vau (ca) f
Finnish: vav (fi)
French: vav (fr) m, wau (fr) m, waw (fr) m
Hebrew: וָו (he) f (vav)
Malay: wau (ms)
Persian: واو (fa) (vâv)
Portuguese: vav m
Russian: вав m (vav)
Spanish: vav (es)
Turkish: vav (tr)
Yiddish: וו m or f (vov)

Anagrams

VVA

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑʋ/, [ˈʋɑ̝ʋ]
Rhymes: -ɑʋ
Syllabification^(key): vav

Noun

vav

vav, waw (sixth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad, twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic script)

Declension

Inflection of vav (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		vav	vavit
genitive		vavin	vavien
partitive		vavia	vaveja
illative		vaviin	vaveihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vav	vavit
accusative	nom.	vav	vavit
accusative	gen.	vavin	vavit
genitive		vavin	vavien
partitive		vavia	vaveja
inessive		vavissa	vaveissa
elative		vavista	vaveista
illative		vaviin	vaveihin
adessive		vavilla	vaveilla
ablative		vavilta	vaveilta
allative		vaville	vaveille
essive		vavina	vaveina
translative		vaviksi	vaveiksi
abessive		vavitta	vaveitta
instructive		—	vavein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vav (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vavini	vavini
accusative	nom.	vavini	vavini
accusative	gen.	vavini	vavini
genitive		vavini	vavieni
partitive		vaviani	vavejani
inessive		vavissani	vaveissani
elative		vavistani	vaveistani
illative		vaviini	vaveihini
adessive		vavillani	vaveillani
ablative		vaviltani	vaveiltani
allative		vavilleni	vaveilleni
essive		vavinani	vaveinani
translative		vavikseni	vaveikseni
abessive		vavittani	vaveittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vaveineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vavisi	vavisi
accusative	nom.	vavisi	vavisi
accusative	gen.	vavisi	vavisi
genitive		vavisi	vaviesi
partitive		vaviasi	vavejasi
inessive		vavissasi	vaveissasi
elative		vavistasi	vaveistasi
illative		vaviisi	vaveihisi
adessive		vavillasi	vaveillasi
ablative		vaviltasi	vaveiltasi
allative		vavillesi	vaveillesi
essive		vavinasi	vaveinasi
translative		vaviksesi	vaveiksesi
abessive		vavittasi	vaveittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vaveinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vavimme	vavimme
accusative	nom.	vavimme	vavimme
accusative	gen.	vavimme	vavimme
genitive		vavimme	vaviemme
partitive		vaviamme	vavejamme
inessive		vavissamme	vaveissamme
elative		vavistamme	vaveistamme
illative		vaviimme	vaveihimme
adessive		vavillamme	vaveillamme
ablative		vaviltamme	vaveiltamme
allative		vavillemme	vaveillemme
essive		vavinamme	vaveinamme
translative		vaviksemme	vaveiksemme
abessive		vavittamme	vaveittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vaveinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vavinne	vavinne
accusative	nom.	vavinne	vavinne
accusative	gen.	vavinne	vavinne
genitive		vavinne	vavienne
partitive		vavianne	vavejanne
inessive		vavissanne	vaveissanne
elative		vavistanne	vaveistanne
illative		vaviinne	vaveihinne
adessive		vavillanne	vaveillanne
ablative		vaviltanne	vaveiltanne
allative		vavillenne	vaveillenne
essive		vavinanne	vaveinanne
translative		vaviksenne	vaveiksenne
abessive		vavittanne	vaveittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vaveinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vavinsa	vavinsa
accusative	nom.	vavinsa	vavinsa
accusative	gen.	vavinsa	vavinsa
genitive		vavinsa	vaviensa
partitive		vaviaan vaviansa	vavejaan vavejansa
inessive		vavissaan vavissansa	vaveissaan vaveissansa
elative		vavistaan vavistansa	vaveistaan vaveistansa
illative		vaviinsa	vaveihinsa
adessive		vavillaan vavillansa	vaveillaan vaveillansa
ablative		vaviltaan vaviltansa	vaveiltaan vaveiltansa
allative		vavilleen vavillensa	vaveilleen vaveillensa
essive		vavinaan vavinansa	vaveinaan vaveinansa
translative		vavikseen vaviksensa	vaveikseen vaveiksensa
abessive		vavittaan vavittansa	vaveittaan vaveittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vaveineen vaveinensa

Synonyms

(Arabic waw): wāw

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vav

imperative of vava

Portuguese

Noun

vav m (plural vavs)

vav (name of the Hebrew letter ו)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbab/ [ˈbaβ̞]
Rhymes: -ab
Syllabification: vav

Noun

vav f (plural vav)

vav; the Hebrew letter ו

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَاو (wāw).

Noun

vav

Letter of the Arabic alphabet: و

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