torv

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse torg, maybe from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “marketplace”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɒːˀv/, [t͡s̺ʰɒ̝ˑˀw] === Noun === torv n (singular definite torvet, plural indefinite torve) square (open space in a town) market, marketplace ==== Declension ==== === References === “torv” in Den Danske Ordbog == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰɔɹv/ === Noun === torv n (genitive singular torvs, uncountable) peat, turf skera torv ― to cut peat ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass”). ==== Noun ==== torv f or m (definite singular torva or torven, indefinite plural torver, definite plural torvene) peat, turf sod ===== Derived terms ===== torvmyr === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse torg, probably via Danish torv; perhaps from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “marketplace”). ==== Noun ==== torv n (definite singular torvet, indefinite plural torv, definite plural torva or torvene) alternative form of torg === References === “torv” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔrʋ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse þǫrf (“need”). Cognate with Old English þearf, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 (þarba) and Icelandic þörf. Doublet of tarv. ==== Noun ==== torv f (definite singular torva, indefinite plural torver, definite plural torvene) need, want === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse torf. Akin to English turf. ==== Noun ==== torv f (definite singular torva, indefinite plural torver, definite plural torvene) torv n (definite singular torvet, indefinite plural torv, definite plural torva) peat, turf ===== Derived terms ===== torvmyr === References === “torv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish torf, törf, from Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass”). === Noun === torv c peat turf ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “torv”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “torv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “torv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *torvi, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish torvi. === Noun === torv horn (instrument for making a sound) ==== Declension ====