pleva

See also: Pleva and плева

Czech

Alternative forms

• plíva (dialectal)
• pléva

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pleva, from Proto-Slavic *pelva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛva]
• Hyphenation: ple‧va
• Rhymes: -ɛva

Noun

pleva f

1. chaff

Declension

Declension of pleva (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pleva	plevy
genitive	plevy	plev
dative	plevě	plevám
accusative	plevu	plevy
vocative	plevo	plevy
locative	plevě	plevách
instrumental	plevou	plevami

Further reading

• “pleva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pleva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pleva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• pléva

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈplɛʋa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈplɛva/

Noun

pleva f

1. chaff

Declension

Declension of pleva (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pleva	plevě	plevy
genitive	plevy	plevú	plev
dative	plevě	plevama	plevám
accusative	plevu	plevě	plevy
vocative	plevo	plevě	plevy
locative	plevě	plevú	plevách
instrumental	plevú	plevama	plevami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: pleva

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pleva”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pljȅva (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelva.

Noun

plȅva f (Cyrillic spelling пле̏ва)

1. chaff

Declension

Declension of pleva

	singular	plural
nominative	pleva	pleve
genitive	pleve	pleva
dative	plevi	plevama
accusative	plevu	pleve
vocative	plevo	pleve
locative	plevi	plevama
instrumental	plevom	plevama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʎeva]

Noun

pleva f (related adjective plevný or plevový)

1. chaff

Declension

Declension of pleva (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	pleva	plevy
genitive	plevy	pliev
dative	pleve	plevám
accusative	plevu	plevy
locative	pleve	plevách
instrumental	plevou	plevami

Further reading

• “pleva”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pelva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plèːʋa/

Noun

plẹ́va f

1. chaff

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	pléva
gen. sing.	pléve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pléva	plévi	pléve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pléve	plév	plév
dative (dajȃlnik)	plévi	plévama	plévam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	plévo	plévi	pléve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	plévi	plévah	plévah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	plévo	plévama	plévami

Further reading

• “pleva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024