• IPA^(key): /ˈso.vra/, /ˈso.vra/^*
• Rhymes: -ovra
• Hyphenation: só‧vra

sovra

1. (archaic, literary) Alternative form of sopra

sovra

1. (archaic, literary) Alternative form of sopra

• IPA^(key): /sôʋra/
• Hyphenation: sov‧ra

sȍvra f (Cyrillic spelling со̏вра)

1. Alternative form of sȍfra (“low dining table”)

• Josip Hamm, editor (1955–1956), “sȍvra”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 15, Zagreb: JAZU, page 934

From Middle Low German süvern, sovern, suvern (“to clean”) or a related form, cognate with German säubern.

sovra (present sovrar, preterite sovrade, supine sovrat, imperative sovra)

1. (transitively with bland (“among”) or i (“in”)) to select some parts (to be kept or the like) and reject other parts; to sift, to sort, to winnow, etc.

   sovra bland informationen ― sift through the information

   sovra i materialet ― sift through the material

   sovra bland anbuden ― winnow down the list of offers

2. (obsolete except as a special case) to sift (ore)

• sovring

• gallra

• sovra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sovra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sovra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)