salvia

See also: Salvia, sálvia, and sàlvia

English

Common sage (Salvia officinalis) is the type species of the salvias.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salvia (sage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsælvɪə/
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Noun

salvia (plural salvias)

  1. A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.
    • 2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
      But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish salvia, ultimately from Latin salvia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑlʋiɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑlʋiɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlʋiɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sal‧vi‧a

Noun

salvia

  1. sage, Salvia officinalis (herb)
  2. sage (this plant used in cooking)
  3. sage (plant of the genus Salvia)

Declension

Inflection of salvia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative salvia salviat
genitive salvian salvioiden
salvioitten
partitive salviaa salvioita
illative salviaan salvioihin
singular plural
nominative salvia salviat
accusative nom. salvia salviat
gen. salvian
genitive salvian salvioiden
salvioitten
salviainrare
partitive salviaa salvioita
inessive salviassa salvioissa
elative salviasta salvioista
illative salviaan salvioihin
adessive salvialla salvioilla
ablative salvialta salvioilta
allative salvialle salvioille
essive salviana salvioina
translative salviaksi salvioiksi
instructive salvioin
abessive salviatta salvioitta
comitative salvioineen
Possessive forms of salvia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person salviani salviamme
2nd person salviasi salvianne
3rd person salviansa

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin salvia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsal.vja/
  • Rhymes: -alvja
  • Hyphenation: sàl‧via

Noun

salvia f (plural salvie)

  1. sage

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Latin

Etymology

From salvus (well, unharmed).

Pronunciation

Noun

salvia f (genitive salviae); first declension

  1. sage

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative salvia salviae
Genitive salviae salviārum
Dative salviae salviīs
Accusative salviam salviās
Ablative salviā salviīs
Vocative salvia salviae

Descendants

  • Catalan: sàlvia
  • Galician: xarxa, sarxa
  • Italian: salvia
  • Old French: sauge
  • Piedmontese: sarvia, sàvia
  • Portuguese: salva
  • Portuguese: sálvia
  • Romanian: salbă (possibly)
  • Romanian: salvie
  • Romansch: salvgia
  • Spanish: salvia
  • Arabic: شَالَبِيَّة (šālabiyya), سَالَبِيَّة (sālabiyya)
  • English: salvia
  • Proto-West Germanic: *salbejā (see there for further descendants)

References

  • salvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • salvia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • salvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

salvia m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of salvie

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salvia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalbja/ [ˈsal.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -albja
  • Syllabification: sal‧via

Noun

salvia f (plural salvias)

  1. sage

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