котва

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty (v-stem). Synchronically, either from кот (kot, “tomcat”) +‎ -ва (-va) (due to the similarity between anchors and cat's claws) or from obsolete кота́я (kotája, “to hoop, to distort”) +‎ -ва (-va) (in reference to the U-shape of most anchors).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔtvɐ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

ко́тва • (kótva) f

  1. anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)

Declension
Declension of ко́тва
singular plural
indefinite ко́тва
kótva		 ко́тви
kótvi
definite ко́твата
kótvata		 ко́твите
kótvite

References
  • “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔtva]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

котва • (kotva) f

  1. anchor

Declension
Declension of котва
singular plural
indefinite котва котви
definite unspecified котвата котвите
definite proximal котвава котвиве
definite distal котвана котвине
vocative котво котви

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kôtʋa/
  • Hyphenation: кот‧ва

Noun

ко̏тва f (Latin spelling kȍtva)

  1. (nautical) anchor
    Synonym: сидро

Declension
Declension of котва
singular plural
nominative ко̏тва котве
genitive котве ко̏та̄ва̄ / ко̏твӣ
dative котви котвама
accusative котву котве
vocative котво котве
locative котви котвама
instrumental котвом котвама
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