sohva
التعريفات والمعاني
== Estonian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Sofa.
=== Noun ===
sohva (genitive sohva, partitive sohvat)
sofa
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“sohva”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
sohva in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Swedish soffa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞xʋɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ohʋɑ
Syllabification(key): soh‧va
Hyphenation(key): soh‧va
=== Noun ===
sohva
sofa, couch
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Ingrian: sohva
=== Further reading ===
“sohva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
== Ingrian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Finnish sohva.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞hʋ]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑ/, [ˈʃo̞ɣ̥ʋɑ]
Rhymes: -ohʋ, -ohʋɑ
Hyphenation: soh‧va
=== Noun ===
sohva
sofa, couch
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 536