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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sorbus, with unexplained mutation of the vowel.

Pronunciation

Noun

serva f (plural serves)

  1. serviceberry (fruit)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin serva.

Pronunciation

Noun

serva f (plural serves)

  1. female equivalent of serf

Galician

Noun

serva f (plural servas)

  1. female equivalent of servo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrva
  • Hyphenation: sèr‧va

Etymology 1

From Latin serva.

Noun

serva f (plural serve, masculine servo)

  1. (literary) (female) slave
    Synonym: schiava
  2. servant, maid
    domestica, cameriera
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

serva f sg

  1. feminine singular of servo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serva

  1. inflection of servire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Latin

Etymology 1

From servus (“slave, servant”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

serva f (genitive servae, masculine servus); first declension

  1. servant
  2. a female slave
Declension

First-declension noun.

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singular plural
nominative serva servae
genitive servae servārum
dative servae servīs
accusative servam servās
ablative servā servīs
vocative serva servae
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Etymology 2

Inflected form of servō.

Pronunciation

Verb

servā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of servō

References

  • “serva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “serva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "serva", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)

Maltese

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Root
s-r-v-j
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Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian sirviri (conjugated servi) and/or Italian servire, both from Latin servire.

Pronunciation

Verb

serva (imperfect jservi, past participle servit or servut or mservi)

  1. to serve (arrange and provide food or drink)
  2. to serve (render service to)
    Synonym: qeda

Conjugation

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Conjugation of serva
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m servejt servejt serva servejna servejtu servew
f serviet
imperfect m nservi sservi jservi nservu sservu jservu
f sservi
imperative servi servu
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Derived terms

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

serva (present tense servar, past tense serva, past participle serva, passive infinitive servast, present participle servande, imperative serva/serv)

  1. a-infinitive form of serve

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

serva f (plural servas)

  1. female equivalent of servo

Adjective

serva

  1. feminine singular of servo

Swedish

Verb

serva (present servar, preterite servade, supine servat, imperative serva)

  1. (sports) to serve (in tennis or volleyball); to put the ball in motion
  2. to give service (to a car), to service, to maintain, to lube

Conjugation

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Conjugation of serva (weak)
active passive
infinitive serva servas
supine servat servats
imperative serva —
imper. plural1 serven —
present past present past
indicative servar servade servas servades
ind. plural1 serva servade servas servades
subjunctive2 serve servade serves servades
present participle servande
past participle servad
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1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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