sove

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sove"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish souæ, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Swedish sova. 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”). Unrelated to English sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔvə/, [ˈsɒːʊ]

Verb

sove (imperative sov, infinitive at sove, present tense sover, past tense sov, perfect tense sovet)

1. to sleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of sove

active passive infinitive sove soves present sover soves past sov — imperative sov — participle present sovende past (have / havde) sovet gerund soven

Antonyms

• vågen

Derived terms

• sovebriks
• sovebus
• soveby
• sovedrik
• sovehjerte
• sovekammer
• sovekammerat
• sovemedicin
• sovemiddel
• sovepille
• soveplads
• sovepude
• sovesal
• sovesofa
• sovested
• sovesyge
• sovetablet
• sovetryne
• sovevogn
• soveværelse

Related terms

• søvn

See also

• blunde
• slumre
• snorke
• boble

References

• “sove” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sove” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sauver (“to save”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sove/

Verb

sove

1. (transitive) to save, to rescue

Related terms

• sovtay

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 184

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”). See Dutch sovne. Unrelated to English sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²soːvə/

Verb

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

1. to sleep.

Derived terms

• sovekommune
• sovepille
• sovepose
• soverom
• sovetablett
• sovevogn
• soveværelse

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sova

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²soːʋə/

Verb

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

1. to sleep

Derived terms

• sovekommune
• sovepille
• sovepose
• soverom
• sovetablett
• sovevogn

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

sove

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sove (Cyrillic spelling сове)

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔve/, [ˈsɔʋe]
• Rhymes: -ɔve
• Hyphenation: so‧ve

Noun

sove

1. dative/locative singular of sova