serva
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#SERVACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#SERVA sorbus, with unexplained mutation of the vowel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsɛr.bə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈsər.və]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾ.va]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
Noun
serva f (plural serves)Category:Catalan lemmas#SERVACategory:Catalan nouns#SERVACategory:Catalan countable nouns#SERVACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
- serviceberry (fruit)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#SERVACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#SERVA serva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈser.bə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈser.və]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾ.va]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
Noun
serva f (plural serves)Category:Catalan lemmas#SERVACategory:Catalan nouns#SERVACategory:Catalan countable nouns#SERVACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
- female equivalent of serfCategory:Catalan female equivalent nouns#SERVA
Galician
Noun
serva f (plural servas)Category:Galician lemmas#SERVACategory:Galician nouns#SERVACategory:Galician countable nouns#SERVACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Galician feminine nouns#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
- female equivalent of servoCategory:Galician female equivalent nouns#SERVA
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#SERVACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#SERVA serva.
Noun
serva f (plural serve, masculine servo)Category:Italian lemmas#SERVACategory:Italian nouns#SERVACategory:Italian countable nouns#SERVACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Italian feminine nouns#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
serva f sgCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#SERVACategory:Italian adjective forms#SERVACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
servaCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#SERVACategory:Italian verb forms#SERVACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
- inflection of servire:
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From servus (“slave, servant”) + -a (feminine suffix)Category:Latin terms suffixed with -a (feminine)#SERVA.
Pronunciation
Noun
serva f (genitive servae, masculine servus)Category:Latin lemmas#SERVACategory:Latin nouns#SERVACategory:Latin first declension nouns#SERVACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#SERVACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Latin feminine nouns#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA; first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Etymology 2
Inflected form of servō.
Pronunciation
Verb
servāCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#SERVACategory:Latin verb forms#SERVACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
References
- “serva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “serva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "serva", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
- (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from SicilianCategory:Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian#SERVACategory:Maltese terms derived from Sicilian#SERVA sirviri (conjugated servi) and/or ItalianCategory:Maltese terms borrowed from Italian#SERVACategory:Maltese terms derived from Italian#SERVA servire, both from LatinCategory:Maltese terms derived from Latin#SERVA servire.
Pronunciation
Verb
serva (imperfect jservi, past participle servit or servut or mservi)Category:Maltese lemmas#SERVACategory:Maltese verbs#SERVACategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
Conjugation
| positive forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | servejt | servejt | serva | servejna | servejtu | servew | |
| f | serviet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nservi | sservi | jservi | nservu | sservu | jservu | |
| f | sservi | |||||||
| imperative | servi | servu | ||||||
Derived terms
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
serva (present tense servar, past tense serva, past participle serva, passive infinitive servast, present participle servande, imperative serva/serv)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SERVACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#SERVACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- a-infinitive form of serve
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.vɐ]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɻ.vɐ/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.va/ [ˈsɛɦ.va]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- IPA(key): (Sulista) /ˈsɛɾ.va/, /ˈsɛɹ.vɐ/, /ˈsɛɻ.vɐ/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#SERVACategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SERVA
Noun
serva f (plural servas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#SERVACategory:Portuguese nouns#SERVACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#SERVACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
- female equivalent of servoCategory:Portuguese female equivalent nouns#SERVA
Adjective
servaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#SERVACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#SERVACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
Further reading
- “serva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “serva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Swedish
Verb
serva (present servar, preterite servade, supine servat, imperative serva)Category:Swedish lemmas#SERVACategory:Swedish verbs#SERVACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SERVACategory:Pages with entries#SERVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#SERVA
- (sportsCategory:sv:Sports#SERVA) to serve (in tennis or volleyball); to put the ball in motion
- to give service (to a car), to service, to maintain, to lube
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | serva | servas | ||
| supine | servat | servats | ||
| imperative | serva | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | serven | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | servar | servade | servas | servades |
| ind. plural1 | serva | servade | servas | servades |
| subjunctive2 | serve | servade | serves | servades |
| present participle | servande | |||
| past participle | servad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
- “serva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)