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Clipping of saveloy.

sav (plural savs)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
   • 1982, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, NZ, Predicament, The Dunmore Press, page 68,

     “Well, I don′t know what you′ll think. I′m only saying this to show what you′ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs.”

     There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys. […] ”

   • 2007, Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice, William Heinemann, UK, page 397,

     ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I′ll have savs, faggots and pease pudding.’

   • 2008, Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia, Crimson Publishing, UK, page 176,

     The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offer […] battered savs/Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.

• (saveloy): saveloy
• (type of sausage): frank, frankfurt, frankfurter, hot dog, sausage

• battered sav
• cocktail sav
• fair suck of the sav

Clipping of savage.

sav (comparative more sav, superlative most sav)

1. (Britain, slang, informal) Clipping of savage. (unpleasant or unfair).

• cab sav

• ASV, AVs, vas, vas-

From Old Norse sǫg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæˀv/, [ˈsæːˀʊ̯]

sav c (singular definite saven, plural indefinite save)

1. a saw (cutting tool with a toothed blade)

• kædesav
• motorsav
• rundsav

• IPA^(key): /ˈsavˀ/, [ˈsaʊ̯ˀ]

sav

1. imperative of save

Partly from the adjective savanyú (“sour”), partly the old adjectival form of the noun só (“salt”): savas, or possessive: sava.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒv]

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sav (plural savak)

1. acid

• savas

Metathesized from earlier vas, from Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

• IPA^(key): /sâʋ/

sȁv (Cyrillic spelling са̏в)

1. all, complete, whole

   sav sv(ij)et ― the whole world

   svi ljudi ― all the people

   sve vr(ij)eme ― all the time

   svom svojom snagom ― with all my power

2. (pronominally, in plural only) everybody, everyone, all

   svi su došli na zabavu ― everyone came to the party

   svima ideš na živce! ― you're getting on everyone's nerves!

   svi za jednog, jedan za sve ― all for one, one for all

3. (pronominally, in neuter singular) everything, all

   Pojeo si sve? ― Did you eat everything?

   dosta mi je svega! ― I'm fed up with everything

   to je sve ― that's all

   sve u sve(mu) ― all in all

   pr(ij)e svega ― above all

   uz(a) sve to ― in addition to all that

   sve najbolje! ― all the best!

4. (pronominally, as an intensifier) all, completely, totally

   Sav sam mokar. ― I'm completely wet.

   sve do mora ― all the way to the sea

• “sav” in Hrvatski jezični portal

sav c

1. sap (juice in plants)

• sava
• savig

From Old Turkic sav, from Proto-Turkic.

sav (definite accusative savı, plural savlar)

1. argument, thesis, allegation, claim

sav

1. second-person singular imperative of savmak