sovra

See also: sovra-

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.vra/, /ˈso.vra/^*
• Rhymes: -ovra
• Hyphenation: só‧vra

Preposition

sovra

1. (archaic, literary) alternative form of sopra

Adverb

sovra

1. (archaic, literary) alternative form of sopra

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sôʋra/
• Hyphenation: sov‧ra

Noun

sȍvra f (Cyrillic spelling со̏вра)

1. alternative form of sȍfra (“low dining table”)

References

• Josip Hamm, editor (1955–1956), “sȍvra”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 15, Zagreb: JAZU, page 934

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German süvern, sovern, suvern (“to clean”) or a related form, cognate with German säubern.

Verb

sovra (present sovrar, preterite sovrade, supine sovrat, imperative sovra)

1. (transitively with bland (“among”) or i (“in”)) to select some parts (to be kept or the like) and reject other parts; to sift, to sort, to winnow, etc.

   sovra bland informationen ― sift through the information

   sovra i materialet ― sift through the material

   sovra bland anbuden ― winnow down the list of offers

2. (obsolete except as a special case) to sift (ore)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sovra (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sovra		sovras
supine	sovrat		sovrats
imperative	sovra		—
imper. plural1	sovren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sovrar	sovrade	sovras	sovrades
ind. plural1	sovra	sovrade	sovras	sovrades
subjunctive2	sovre	sovrade	sovres	sovrades
present participle		sovrande
past participle		sovrad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• sovring

See also

• gallra

References

• “sovra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sovra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sovra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)