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Siv

Siv

See also: siv and SIV

Faroese

Proper noun

Siv f

  1. (Norse mythology) Sif.
  2. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Siv: Sivjarson
  • daughter of Siv: Sivjardóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Siv
Accusative Siv
Dative Siv
Genitive Sivjar

Norwegian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Siv

  1. (Norse mythology) Sif.
  2. A female given name used since early 20th century.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse Sif. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1871 as Sif.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːv

Proper noun

Siv

  1. (Norse mythology) Sif.
  2. A female given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 39 855 females with the given name siv living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

siv

siv

See also: Siv and SIV

Danish

Noun

siv n (singular definite sivet, plural indefinite siv)

  1. rush, any plant of several species of the genus Juncus
Inflection

Etymology 2

See sive (to seep, ooze, tricle).

Verb

siv

  1. imperative of sive

Lojban

Rafsi

siv

  1. rafsi of sivni.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sivъ

Adjective

sȋv (definite sȋvī, comparative sȉvljī, Cyrillic spelling си̑в)

  1. grey (of grey colour)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text)
     crven, rumen
црвен, румен
     zelen
зелен
     žut
жут
     žut
жут
     bijel, beo
бијел, бео
     ?      ljubičast (magenta)
љубичаст (магента)
     tirkizan
тиркизан
     zelen
зелен
     ružičast, roza
ружичаст, роза
     modar (indigo)
модар (индиго)
     modar
модар
     narandžast, narančast
наранџаст, наранчаст
     siv, sinji
сив, сињи
     ljubičast
љубичаст
     crn
црн
     ljubičast
љубичаст
     smeđ, braon
смеђ, браон
     plav
плав
     tirkizan (cijan)
тиркизан (цијан)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sivъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsíːw/
  • Tonal orthography: sȋv

Adjective

sív (comparative bòlj sív, superlative nàjbolj sív)

  1. grey (colour)

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text)
     rdeča      zelena      rumena      krem      bela
     škrlatna      magenta, fuksija      turkizna      svetlozelena, limeta      roza
     indigo      modra      oranžna      siva      vijolična
     črna      vijolična, lila      rjava      azurna      sinja, cian