different between lava vs slava

English

Etymology

From Italian lava (“lava”), originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from lavare (“to wash”). See etymology for the English verb lave.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: lä?v?, IPA^(key): /?l??v?/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?l??v?/, /?læv?/
• Homophone: larva (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -??v?

Noun

lava (countable and uncountable, plural lavas)

1. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
2. (informal, proscribed) Magma.
3. A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.

Usage notes

Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

Hyponyms

• cryolava

Derived terms

• lava flow

Related terms

• lava lamp
• lava millstone
• lava ware

Translations

See also

• aa
• pahoehoe

Anagrams

• Alva, aval

Azerbaijani

Noun

lava (definite accusative lavan?, plural lavalar)

1. lava

Declension

References

• “lava” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?la.v?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?la.b?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?la.va/

Noun

lava f (plural laves)

1. lava

Further reading

• “lava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Italian lava.

Noun

lava

1. lava

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la?va

Noun

lava c (uncountable)

1. lava

References

• “lava” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Estonian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ???? (lava), from Proto-Slavic *lava

Noun

lava (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. stage

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• lava in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava (compare Estonian lava, Livonian lov?, Veps lava), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *l???w?? (compare Latvian l?va, Lithuanian lova).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???/, [?l???]
• Rhymes: -???
• Syllabification: la?va

Noun

lava

1. bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
2. platform (raised stage for speeches etc.)
3. stage (in a theatre etc.)

Declension

Compounds

• avolava
• kuormalava
• lavakuorma-auto
• lavashow
• lavasäteily
• tanssilava

Anagrams

• vala

French

Verb

lava

1. third-person singular past historic of laver

Anagrams

• aval

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

1. lava

Further reading

• “lava” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Verb

lava

1. third-person singular present indicative of lavare
2. second-person singular imperative of lavare

Noun

lava f (plural lave)

1. lava

Related terms

• lavico

Latin

Verb

lav?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lav?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect)

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

1. (geology) lava

Derived terms

• lavastrøm

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• lavene

Noun

lava m or n

1. definite neuter plural of lav

References

• “lava” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect)

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

1. (geology) lava

Etymology 2

Noun

lava n

1. definite plural of lav

References

• “lava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?la.va/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?la.v?/
• Hyphenation: la?va
• Rhymes: -av?

Etymology 1

From Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrese dialect), lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”), from Latin lav? (“I wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh?-

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

1. lava (melted rock)

Related terms

• magma

Etymology 2

Verb

lava

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of lavar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of lavar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lava]

Noun

lava f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lav?

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

láva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (geology) lava

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian lava (“lava”) (Neapolitan dialect), from lavare (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?laba/, [?la.??a]

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

1. lava
2. washing

Verb

lava

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lavar.

Swedish

Noun

lava c

1. lava

Derived terms

• lavalampa

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa. Cognates include Hawaiian lawa and Samoan lava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.va/
• Hyphenation: la?va

Verb

lava

1. (stative) to be enough

Particle

lava

1. Expresses exclusiveness of the preceding word; just, only
2. Intensifies the preceding word; just (the same), right (now)
3. Forms a reflexive from the preceding personal pronoun; -self

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 181

Tsonga

Verb

lava

1. to want

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish lava.

Noun

lava

1. floor
2. platform

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “????????, ???, ??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Etymology

From South Slavic slava / ????? (slava), literally "fame, honour".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl??v?/

Noun

slava (plural slavas)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.
   • 1942: I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a Slava (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)

Further reading

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

Italian

Adjective

slava

1. feminine singular of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave)

1. female equivalent of slavo

   Slavic woman, Slav woman

Anagrams

• salva, valsa

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (archaic form) sl?ve
• (dialectal forms) slave, slavs

Etymology

A nominal, derived from the stem of (unattested) Latvian verb *slaut (“to make known”), whence also slav?t (“to praise, to commend, to speak highly”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlov??, dialectal šlóv?, šlav??, Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

Noun

slava m

1. (dialectal form) genitive singular form of slavs

slava f (4th declension)

1. fame, renown (very high evaluation or opinion of a person, a place, an institution, a symbol, etc., by a community)

2. glory, praise

3. reputation, fame (a widespread idea or impression about someone)

Declension

Synonyms

• gods
• reput?cija

Derived terms

• slavens

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• slave (e infinitive)

Verb

slava (present tense slavar, past tense slava, past participle slava, passive infinitive slavast, present participle slavande, imperative slav)

1. (intransitive) to wear out by labouring
2. (intransitive) to work or serve as a slave

Synonyms

• træla/træle

References

• “slava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava, from Proto-Indo-European *?lewos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâ?a/
• Hyphenation: sla?va

Noun

sl?va f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. glory
2. fame
3. feast
4. (regional, Orthodox Christian) Christian celebration (holiday) honoring a family saint

Declension

Synonyms

• (glory): díka

Derived terms

• pròslaviti

See also

• fešta

References

• “slava” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slà??a/

Noun

sláva f

1. glory
2. fame

Inflection

Swedish

Etymology

slav +? -a

Verb

slava (present slavar, preterite slavade, supine slavat, imperative slava)

1. to work or serve as a slave; to be treated like a slave

Conjugation

Related terms

• slaveri

Anagrams

• salva, svala