Ева

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eva"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈjeva]

Proper noun

Е́ва • (Jéva) f pers (genitive Е́вы, nominative plural Е́вы, genitive plural Еў)

a female given name, equivalent to English Eva or Eve

Declension

Declension of Е́ва (pr hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Е́ва Jéva	Е́вы Jévy
genitive	Е́вы Jévy	Еў Jew
dative	Е́ве Jévje	Е́вам Jévam
accusative	Е́ву Jévu	Еў Jew
instrumental	Е́вай, Е́ваю Jévaj, Jévaju	Е́вамі Jévami
locative	Е́ве Jévje	Е́вах Jévax
count form	—	Е́вы¹ Jévy¹

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

Е́ўця (Jéwcja)
Е́ўка (Jéwka)
Яўціся (Jawcisja)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛva]

Proper noun

Ева • (Eva) f

(biblical) Eve (the first woman)
a female given name, equivalent to English Eva or Eve

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈjevə]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

Proper noun

Е́ва • (Jéva) f anim (genitive Е́вы, nominative plural Е́вы, genitive plural Ев)

a female given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Eva or Eve
(biblical) Eve (the first woman)
(cryptography) Eve (an agent attempting to intercept a message)

Declension

Declension of Е́ва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Е́ва Jéva	Е́вы Jévy
genitive	Е́вы Jévy	Е́в Jév
dative	Е́ве Jéve	Е́вам Jévam
accusative	Е́ву Jévu	Е́в Jév
instrumental	Е́вой, Е́вою Jévoj, Jévoju	Е́вами Jévami
prepositional	Е́ве Jéve	Е́вах Jévax

Pre-reform declension of Е́ва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Е́ва Jéva	Е́вы Jévy
genitive	Е́вы Jévy	Е́въ Jév
dative	Е́вѣ Jévě	Е́вамъ Jévam
accusative	Е́ву Jévu	Е́въ Jév
instrumental	Е́вой, Е́вою Jévoj, Jévoju	Е́вами Jévami
prepositional	Е́вѣ Jévě	Е́вахъ Jévax

Derived terms

(Diminuitive forms) Евочка (Jevočka), Евушка (Jevuška)
(Pejorative forms) Е́вка (Jévka)

Etymology 2

Clipping of Евангелион (Jevangelion), from Japanese エヴァンゲリオン, then English Evangelion, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news, gospel”).

Proper noun

Е́ва • (Jéva) f anim (genitive Е́вы, nominative plural Е́вы, genitive plural Ев)

(fandom slang) Neon Genesis Evangelion, a Japanese science fiction animation series.
(fandom slang, science fiction) The "Evangelions", giant artificial humanoids used to fight supernatural monsters.

Derived terms

(fandom slang, derogatory, vulgar) евану́тый (jevanútyj)