dav

See also: DAV, Dav, daV, and d.a.v.

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdaf]
  • Hyphenation: dav
  • Rhymes: -af

Noun

dav m inan

  1. crowd (group of people)
    On zmizel v davu. ― He vanished into the crowd.
Declension
Declension of dav (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative dav davy
genitive davu davů
dative davu davům
accusative dav davy
vocative dave davy
locative davu davech
instrumental davem davy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dav

  1. second-person singular imperative of dávit

Verb

dav

  1. masculine singular past transgressive of dát

Further reading
  • dav in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dav in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dav in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of goddag (“good day”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /davˀ/, [ˈd̥ɑwˀ]

Interjection

dav

  1. (colloquial) hello

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaw/

Noun

dav m inan (genitive singular davu, nominative plural davy, genitive plural davov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. crowd, mob

Declension
Declension of dav
singular plural
nominative dav davy
genitive davu davov
dative davu davom
accusative dav davy
locative dave davoch
instrumental davom davmi

Derived terms
  • davový

Further reading
  • “dav”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /da˧˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qlaŋX (“hawk, eagle”). Cognate with Iu Mien jaangv.

Noun

dav

  1. hawk.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kʷi̯aŋX (“wide”), from Chinese 廣／广. Cognate with Iu Mien jangv. Compare Thai กว้าง (gwâang) and Lao ກວ້າງ (kuāng).

Adjective

dav

  1. broad; wide.

Adjective

dav

  1. lonely; cheerless (of a house).

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
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