sav

See also: Sav., sáv, säv, šav, and säv.

Translingual

Symbol

sav

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Saafi-Saafi.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Saafi-Saafi terms

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Etymology 1

Clipping of saveloy.

Noun

sav (plural savs)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
   • 1982, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, NZ, Predicament, The Dunmore Press, page 68,

     “Well, I don′t know what you′ll think. I′m only saying this to show what you′ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs.”

     There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys. […] ”

   • 2007, Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice, UK: William Heinemann, page 397:

     ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I′ll have savs, faggots and pease pudding.’

   • 2008, Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia, UK: Crimson Publishing, page 176:

     The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offer […] battered savs/Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.

Derived terms

• battered sav
• cocktail sav
• fair suck of the sav

 

Etymology 2

Clipping of savage.

Adjective

sav (comparative more sav, superlative most sav)

1. (UK, slang) Clipping of savage (“unpleasant or unfair”)..

Noun

sav (plural savs)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A ruthless or badass person; a savage.
   • 2001 November 20, “Cuz I'm The Mack”‎^[1]performed by The Jacka:

     Fuck that / I'd rather be the young sav on the track / Sellin' dope and pimpin' hoes / 'Cause I'm the mack

   • 2020 June 25, “Different”‎^[2]performed by Friyie:

     Couple of savs around us smoking on gas in Ghana / I get the bag the commas shawty attached she want it

   • 2022 August 29, @floiwnl, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 20 January 2024:

     finished my first day of high school I'm a sav

See also

etymologically unrelated

• cab sav

 

References

• “sav”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.

Anagrams

• ASV, AVS, AVs, VAs, vas, vas-

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˀv/, [ˈsæˀw], [ˈsæwˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, cognate with Norwegian sag, Swedish såg, English saw, German Säge, Dutch zaag.

Noun

sav c (singular definite saven, plural indefinite save)

1. a saw (cutting tool with a toothed blade)

Declension

Declension of sav

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sav	saven	save	savene
genitive	savs	savens	saves	savenes

Derived terms

• kædesav
• motorsav
• rundsav
• savtak

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sav

1. imperative of save

Further reading

• “sav” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hungarian

Etymology

Partly from the adjective savanyú (“sour”), partly the old adjectival form of the noun só (“salt”): savas, or possessive: sava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒv]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒv

Noun

sav (plural savak)

1. acid

   Antonyms: lúg, bázis

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sav	savak
accusative	savat	savakat
dative	savnak	savaknak
instrumental	savval	savakkal
causal-final	savért	savakért
translative	savvá	savakká
terminative	savig	savakig
essive-formal	savként	savakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	savban	savakban
superessive	savon	savakon
adessive	savnál	savaknál
illative	savba	savakba
sublative	savra	savakra
allative	savhoz	savakhoz
elative	savból	savakból
delative	savról	savakról
ablative	savtól	savaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	savé	savaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	savéi	savakéi

Possessive forms of sav
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	savam	savaim
2nd person sing.	savad	savaid
3rd person sing.	sava	savai
1st person plural	savunk	savaink
2nd person plural	savatok	savaitok
3rd person plural	savuk	savaik

Derived terms

• savas

Compound words

• akonitsav
• akrilsav
• arachinsav
• behénsav
• borkősav
• borostyánkősav
• cerotinsav
• citromsav
• cukorsav
• ecetsav
• fahéjsav
• glutaminsav
• hangyasav
• hexánsav
• húgysav
• kaprilsav
• kaprinsav
• kapronsav
• karbonsav
• kávésav
• kénsav
• klórecetsav
• laurinsav
• lignocerinsav
• margarinsav
• mirisztinsav
• nukleinsav
• olajsav
• oxálsav
• önantsav
• palmitinsav
• pelargonsav
• piroszőlősav
• propénsav
• propionsav
• savtartalom
• sósav
• szalicilsav
• szénsav
• sztearinsav
• tejsav
• vajsav
• valeriánsav
• zsírsav

 

Further reading

• sav in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

• vas

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Metathesized from earlier vas, from Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâʋ/

Pronoun

sȁv (Cyrillic spelling са̏в)

1. all, complete, whole

   sav sv(ij)et ― the whole world

   svi ljudi ― all the people

   sve vr(ij)eme ― all the time

   svom svojom snagom ― with all my power

2. (pronominally, in plural only) everybody, everyone, all

   svi su došli na zabavu ― everyone came to the party

   svima ideš na živce! ― you're getting on everyone's nerves!

   svi za jednog, jedan za sve ― all for one, one for all

3. (pronominally, in neuter singular) everything, all

   Pojeo si sve? ― Did you eat everything?

   dosta mi je svega! ― I'm fed up with everything

   to je sve ― that's all

   sve u sve(mu) ― all in all

   pr(ij)e svega ― above all

   uz(a) sve to ― in addition to all that

   Sve najbolje! ― All the best!

4. (pronominally, as an intensifier) all, whole

   Sav sam mokar. ― I'm completely wet.

   sve do mora ― all the way to the sea

   Zauzet sam sav vikend ― I am busy the whole weekend.

Declension

declension of sav

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sȁv	svȁ	svȅ
genitive		svèga / svȅg	svȅ	svèga / svȅg
dative		svèmu / svȅm	svȏj	svèmu / svȅm
accusative	inanimate animate	sȁv svèga / svȅg	svȕ	svȅ
vocative		—	—	—
locative		svȅm / svèmu	svȏj	svȅm / svèmu
instrumental		svȋm / svíme	svȏm	svȋm / svíme
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		svȉ	svȅ	svȁ
genitive		svȋh / svìjū (svíjū)	svȋh / svìjū (svíjū)	svȋh / svìjū (svíjū)
dative		svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm
accusative		svȅ	svȅ	svȁ
vocative		—	—	—
locative		svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm
instrumental		svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm	svìma / svȋm

References

• “sav”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sava, from Latin sapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːv/
• Rhymes: -ɑːv

Noun

sav c

1. sap (juice in plants)

Declension

Declension of sav

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sav	savs
	definite	saven	savens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• sava
• savig

See also

• kåda (“resin”)

References

• sav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• vas

Turkish

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ساو (sav) or from other historic Turkic varieties. The term fell out of use in Turkey in the XVII-th century and was reintroduced during the language reform in order to replace داعیه (dâiye, “incitement, cause, motive”) and ادعا (iddiâ). The last term is still in use, however, see iddia.

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sāb.

Noun

sav (definite accusative savı, plural savlar)

1. (law) contention
2. (mathematics) theorem
3. (logic) proposition
4. (philosophy) thesis
5. (methodology) assertion
6. argument, allegation, claim
7. (Bolu, Bitlis, Şanlıurfa, Hatay) gossip
8. (Van, Niğde) conversation
9. (Ordu) letter
10. (Elazığ, Malatya) epidemic
11. (Ankara) news

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	sav
Definite accusative	savı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sav	savlar
Definite accusative	savı	savları
Dative	sava	savlara
Locative	savda	savlarda
Ablative	savdan	savlardan
Genitive	savın	savların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular savım savlarım 2nd singular savın savların 3rd singular savı savları 1st plural savımız savlarımız 2nd plural savınız savlarınız 3rd plural savları savları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular savımı savlarımı 2nd singular savını savlarını 3rd singular savını savlarını 1st plural savımızı savlarımızı 2nd plural savınızı savlarınızı 3rd plural savlarını savlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular savıma savlarıma 2nd singular savına savlarına 3rd singular savına savlarına 1st plural savımıza savlarımıza 2nd plural savınıza savlarınıza 3rd plural savlarına savlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular savımda savlarımda 2nd singular savında savlarında 3rd singular savında savlarında 1st plural savımızda savlarımızda 2nd plural savınızda savlarınızda 3rd plural savlarında savlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular savımdan savlarımdan 2nd singular savından savlarından 3rd singular savından savlarından 1st plural savımızdan savlarımızdan 2nd plural savınızdan savlarınızdan 3rd plural savlarından savlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular savımın savlarımın 2nd singular savının savlarının 3rd singular savının savlarının 1st plural savımızın savlarımızın 2nd plural savınızın savlarınızın 3rd plural savlarının savlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular savım savlarım 2nd singular savsın savlarsın 3rd singular sav savdır savlar savlardır 1st plural savız savlarız 2nd plural savsınız savlarsınız 3rd plural savlar savlardır

Derived terms

• savcı

Etymology 2

Verb

sav

1. second-person singular imperative of savmak

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sav”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “sav”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu