erva

Galician

Noun

erva f (plural ervas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of herba

Further reading

• “erva”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Latin

Noun

erva n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ervum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• erve (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse erfa.

Verb

erva (present tense erver, past tense ervde, past participle ervd, passive infinitive ervast, present participle ervande, imperative erv)

1. to inherit

References

• “erva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Arve, Vera, arve, evar, rave, reva, vare, vear, vera

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Old Spanish yerba, Old Occitan erba and Old French erbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.βa/

Noun

erva f (plural ervas)

1. herb
2. weed.

Descendants

• Galician: herba
• Portuguese: erva
  • Kabuverdianu: érba

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• herva (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese erva, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Galician herba and Spanish hierba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈɛɦ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.vɐ/ [ˈɛɦ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɻ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.vɐ/

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

• Hyphenation: er‧va

Noun

erva f (plural ervas)

1. herb
   1. (colloquial, South Brazil) yerba mate
2. grass
3. weed
   1. (slang) marijuana

Derived terms

• ervar

Related terms

• erveiro
• herbáceo
• herbanário

Further reading

• “erva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “erva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “erva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “erva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

erva f

1. grass

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

erva f (plural ervi)

1. herb