"sava" meaning in Swedish

See sava in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|savar|preterite|savade|supine|savat|imperative|sava|head=}} sava (present savar, preterite savade, supine savat, imperative sava), {{sv-verb-reg}} sava (present savar, preterite savade, supine savat, imperative sava) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: savar [present], savade [preterite], savat [supine], sava [imperative], weak [table-tags], sava [active, infinitive], savas [infinitive, passive], savat [active, supine], savats [passive, supine], sava [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], saven [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], savar [active, indicative, present], savade [active, indicative, past], savas [indicative, passive, present], savades [indicative, passive, past], sava [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], savade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], savas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], savades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], save [active, dated, present, subjunctive], savade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], saves [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], savades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], savande [active, participle, past, present], savad [active, participle, past]
  1. to be in sap (for the juice in plants to rise, to ascend)
    Sense id: en-sava-sv-verb-MQPixRtz Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 32 32 17 18 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. to strip the sap from trees (usually birches)
    Sense id: en-sava-sv-verb-LTFMogzn Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 32 32 17 18 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sav, savig

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "savar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sava",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "save",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saves",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "10": "sava",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "savar",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "savade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "savat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sava (present savar, preterite savade, supine savat, imperative sava)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sava (present savar, preterite savade, supine savat, imperative sava)",
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sav"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "savig"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 17 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "the time is right, when the birch is in sap",
          "text": "tiden nu är inne, då björken safvar",
          "translation": "the time is right, when the birch is in sap"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in sap (for the juice in plants to rise, to ascend)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sava-sv-verb-MQPixRtz",
      "links": [
        [
          "sap",
          "sap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 17 18",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "a tree, which in the springtime is stripped of sap",
          "text": "ett träd, som vårtiden safvas",
          "translation": "a tree, which in the springtime is stripped of sap"
        },
        {
          "text": "Har han bläckat och safvat i min vackra fimmelstång. – Fimmelstång? – Ja, den där björken skulle bli en fimmelstång.\nHas he cut and stripped sap in my beautiful thill. – Thill? – Yes, that birch should have become a thill."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strip the sap from trees (usually birches)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sava-sv-verb-LTFMogzn",
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sava"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Swedish lemmas",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "savar",
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    },
    {
      "form": "savade",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sava",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "sava",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "savas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sava",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "saven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "savas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "savades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sava",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "savade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "save",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saves",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the time is right, when the birch is in sap",
          "text": "tiden nu är inne, då björken safvar",
          "translation": "the time is right, when the birch is in sap"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in sap (for the juice in plants to rise, to ascend)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sap",
          "sap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a tree, which in the springtime is stripped of sap",
          "text": "ett träd, som vårtiden safvas",
          "translation": "a tree, which in the springtime is stripped of sap"
        },
        {
          "text": "Har han bläckat och safvat i min vackra fimmelstång. – Fimmelstång? – Ja, den där björken skulle bli en fimmelstång.\nHas he cut and stripped sap in my beautiful thill. – Thill? – Yes, that birch should have become a thill."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strip the sap from trees (usually birches)"
      ],
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        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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