Eva
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English Eva.
=== Noun ===
Eva
(chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the e-file in algebraic notation.
=== References ===
FIDE Laws of Chess 2023
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈiːvə/
Rhymes: -iːvə
IPA(key): /ˈeɪvə/
Homophone: Ava
Rhymes: -eɪvə
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
A female given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew.
==== Usage notes ====
Eva has been used to anglicize Aoife in Ireland and Scotland.
==== Related terms ====
Ava, Eve, Evie, Evita, Evy
=== Anagrams ===
ave., ave, AEV, Vea, Ave., EAV, VAE, 'ave, vae, Ave
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch Eva.
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
Eve (biblical character)
a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
== Albanian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
a female given name
== Asturian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeba/ [ˈe.β̞a]
Rhymes: -eba
Syllabification: E‧va
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish Eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwah).
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
a female given name from Hebrew
2017 — Pahalipay (01 April), SuperBalita
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɛva]
Hyphenation: Eva
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
(biblical) Eve
a female given name
==== Declension ====
== Danish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
(biblical) Eve
a female given name
=== References ===
[1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 847 females with the given name Eva have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Dutch eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeː.vaː/
Hyphenation: Eva
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
(biblical) Eve (mythological first woman)
a female given name
==== Derived terms ====
eva
evakostuum
==== Descendants ====
Afrikaans: Eva
== Esperanto ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeva/
Rhymes: -eva
Syllabification: E‧va
=== Proper noun ===
Eva (accusative Evan)
(biblical) Eve
== Estonian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
==== Related terms ====
Ave, Eeva, Eevi, Eve, Evelin, Ivi, Ivika
== Faroese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeːva/
Rhymes: -eːva
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
Matronymics
son of Eva: Evuson
daughter of Eva: Evudóttir
==== Declension ====
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeːfa/, (archaic, now usually foreign-influenced) /ˈeːva/
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f (proper noun, genitive Evas or (with an article) Eva, diminutive Evchen n or Evachen n or Evlein n or Evalein n)
(biblical) Eve
a female given name
== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛːva/
Rhymes: -ɛːva
Homophone: efa
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f (proper noun, genitive singular Evu)
Eve (biblical character).
a female given name
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
Adam og Eva
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛ.va/
Rhymes: -ɛva
Hyphenation: È‧va
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
(biblical) Eve
a female given name
==== Descendants ====
→? Vietnamese: E-và
=== Anagrams ===
ave
== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Heva
Hava
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā́). Cognate to have, avē.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛu̯.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.va]
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f sg (genitive Evae); first declension
Eve
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun, singular only.
==== Descendants ====
=== Further reading ===
“Eva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Eva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
== Latvian ==
=== Etymology ===
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1609. From Latin Eva.
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
a female given name
==== Related terms ====
Ieva
Evija, Evita
=== References ===
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
[2] Population Register of Latvia: Eva was the only given name of 2252 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
== Middle English ==
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
alternative form of Eve
== Norwegian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
(biblical) Eve
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
Taken up as a given name in Norway after the Reformation.
==== Related terms ====
Evelyn, Evy
=== References ===
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
[3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 20 018 females with the given name Eva living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese Eva, from Latin Eva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɛvɐ
Hyphenation: E‧va
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f (plural Evas)
a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
(biblical) Eve (the first woman)
==== Descendants ====
→? Vietnamese: E-và
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛva/
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f (genitive singular Evy, nominative plural Evy, declension pattern of žena)
a female given name
(biblical) Eve
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
Evka, Evička
Evina
Evuľa, Evuľka
Evuša, Evuška
Evča
=== Further reading ===
“Eva”, 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, 2003–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin Ēva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeba/ [ˈe.β̞a]
Rhymes: -eba
Syllabification: E‧va
=== Proper noun ===
Eva f
(biblical) Eve
1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 3:20:
a female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Eve
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Tagalog: Eba, Eva
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “borrowed from which language?”) Doublet of Hawa.
=== Proper noun ===
Eva
(biblical) Eve
Synonym: Hawa
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
Latin Eva, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1472.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /²eːva/
=== Proper noun ===
Eva c (genitive Evas)
(biblical) Eve
1917 Bibeln, 1 Moseboken 3:20:
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
The most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s.
==== Related terms ====
Evelina
Evy
=== References ===
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
[4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 191 834 females with the given name Eva living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish, from Hebrew.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔeva/ [ˈʔɛː.vɐ]
IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈʔeba/ [ˈʔɛː.bɐ]
Rhymes: -eva, (with nativization) -eba
Syllabification: E‧va
=== Proper noun ===
Eva (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊ)
alternative spelling of Eba
a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Eve