dove – English noun declension

English noun forms of dove

Noun: dove
Singulardove
Pluraldoves

Sample Sentences

  • Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 77:]
  • On the left are the activist Vietniks, eager to protest the war; next are the doves, who oppose the U.S. role but shun demonstrations; and in the middle are the apathetics, who simply are not concerned enough to think through their own stand. [1965 November 19, “Universities: The Spectrum on Viet Nam”, in Time, volume 86, number 21, page 67:]
  • O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Solomon 2:14:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der.?
3. Proto-Germanic *dūbaną?
4. Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ
5. Proto-West Germanic *dūbā
6. Old English *dūfe
7. Middle English douve
8. English dove
9. From Middle English douve, dove, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”).
10. Cognate with Scots doo, dow, Saterland Frisian Duuwe, West Frisian do, Dutch duif, Afrikaans duif, Sranan Tongo doifi, German Taube, German Low German Duuv, Dutch Low Saxon duve, doeve, Danish due, Faroese dúgva, Icelandic dúfa, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due, Swedish duva, Yiddish טויב (toyb), Gothic *𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*dubō). See: Middle English Nouns 'douve', Old English Nouns '*dūfe', Dutch Nouns 'duif', German Nouns 'Taube', Danish Nouns 'due', Faroese Nouns 'dúgva', Icelandic Nouns 'dúfa', Norwegian Bokmål Nouns 'due', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'due', Swedish Nouns 'duva'.

Verbs referencing "dove"

Danish Nouns due, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns due, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns due, German Nouns Taube, Icelandic Nouns dúfa, Faroese Nouns dúgva.