cerva

See also: ċerva and červa

Italian

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Alternative forms

• cervia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛr.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛrva
• Hyphenation: cèr‧va

Noun

cerva f (plural cerve, masculine cervo)

1. hind

Derived terms

• cervicapra

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of cervus; cervus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• cerva:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr.wa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.va]
• cervā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr.waː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.va]

Noun

cerva f (genitive cervae); first declension

1. a female deer, doe, hind

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

	singular	plural
nominative	cerva	cervae
genitive	cervae	cervārum
dative	cervae	cervīs cervābus
accusative	cervam	cervās
ablative	cervā	cervīs cervābus
vocative	cerva	cervae

Descendants

• Italian: cerva
• Romanian: cerbă, cearbă
• Sardinian: cherva, cerva
• Spanish: cierva
• → Andalusian Arabic: chírba

References

• “cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cerva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɻ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.bɐ/ [ˈsɛɾ.βɐ]

• Homophone: serva

Etymology 1

From Latin cerva.

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

1. female equivalent of cervo: doe; hind

Etymology 2

Noun

cerva f (plural cervas)

1. (Brazil, slang) clipping of cerveja (“beer”)

Further reading

• “cerva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cerva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025