ravan

Finnish

Noun

ravan

1. genitive singular of rapa

Anagrams

• arvan, varan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrabn.

Noun

ravan m

1. raven

Inflection

Declension of ravan (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ravan	ravana
accusative	ravan	ravana
genitive	ravanes	ravano
dative	ravane	ravanon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: rāven
  • Dutch: raaf

Further reading

• “ravo, rama, ravan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orvьnъ (Old Church Slavonic равьнъ (ravĭnŭ), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǎːʋan/
• Hyphenation: ra‧van

Adjective

rávan (Cyrillic spelling ра́ван, definite rȃvnī)

1. straight, right
2. upright
3. level
4. tantamount

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		ravan	ravna	ravno
genitive		ravna	ravne	ravna
dative		ravnu	ravnoj	ravnu
accusative	inanimate animate	ravan ravna	ravnu	ravno
vocative		ravan	ravna	ravno
locative		ravnu	ravnoj	ravnu
instrumental		ravnim	ravnom	ravnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		ravni	ravne	ravna
genitive		ravnih	ravnih	ravnih
dative		ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)
accusative		ravne	ravne	ravna
vocative		ravni	ravne	ravna
locative		ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)
instrumental		ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		ravni	ravna	ravno
genitive		ravnog(a)	ravne	ravnog(a)
dative		ravnom(u/e)	ravnoj	ravnom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	ravni ravnog(a)	ravnu	ravno
vocative		ravni	ravna	ravno
locative		ravnom(e/u)	ravnoj	ravnom(e/u)
instrumental		ravnim	ravnom	ravnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		ravni	ravne	ravna
genitive		ravnih	ravnih	ravnih
dative		ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)
accusative		ravne	ravne	ravna
vocative		ravni	ravne	ravna
locative		ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)
instrumental		ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)	ravnim(a)

Derived terms

• izravan

Etymology 2

From rávan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râːʋan/
• Hyphenation: ra‧van

Noun

rȃvan f (Cyrillic spelling ра̑ван)

1. plane
2. plain

Declension

Declension of ravan

	singular	plural
nominative	rȃvan	ravni
genitive	rȃvni	ravni
dative	ravni	ravnima
accusative	ravan	ravni
vocative	ravni	ravni
locative	ravni	ravnima
instrumental	ravnju / ravni	ravnima

Derived terms

• ravnoteža
• ravnina

References

• “ravan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “ravan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025