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saver

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See also: savér and savêr

English

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Etymology

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From save +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saver (plural savers)

  1. One who saves.
    a saver of souls
    • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
      Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
  2. One who keeps savings more than usual.
    He’s a saver and she’s a spender; you’d think the marriage would be doomed, but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun.
  3. A ticket or coupon that offers a discount.
    • 2017, Off Track Planet's Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke:
      Tickets are cheaper the younger you are—snag a youth ticket (if you're twenty-five or under) for a 35 percent discount. If both you and your travel partner are twenty-six or older, the Small Group Saver will knock off 15 percent.

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with savour (savor), or saviour (savior).

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish saber, saver, Latin sapere (“taste, know”). Compare English savvy, savor.

The 1SG reflects an original */ˈsajo/, in common with other Romance languages, of uncertain origin. The present subjunctive forms show consonant metathesis (sapiām to */ˈsajpa/ to Judezmo sepa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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saver (Hebrew spelling סאב׳יר)[1]

  1. (ambitransitive) to know; to understand (a fact) [16th c.]
    Synonyms: entender, komprender
    Coordinate term: konoser
    • 1994, Eli Shaul, Folklor de los judios de Turkiya‎[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 123:
      Todo lo ke vos kero dainda no saves,
      Dizeme bulisa si tu bien me keres,
      Kon todo te digo ke seyas mazaloza,
      Por todo el mundo ke seyas alavada.
      All that I want to tell you you still don’t know,
      Tell me, lady, if you really want me,
      With all that I tell you so that you finish happy,
      So that you finish world-famous.
    • 1999, David M. Bunis, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, Voices from Jewish Salonika‎[2], Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 427:
      Ke manera, no supites ke la otra noche Eshua vino boracho i rompyó todo?
      How did you not know that the other night Eshua came drunk and broke everything?
    • 2002, Aki Yerushalayim‎[3], numbers 68-72, page 59:
      […] i no digas: fulano es fermozo i yo no, ke bien saves ke deske el ombre es muerto, ke no se kuenta salvo por animalia muerta.
      And don’t say: so and so is handsome and I’m not; you know well that since the man is dead that he doesn’t count except as a dead animal.
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎[4], Nur Afakot, page 36:
      Pensas de no poder eskrivir presto? No emporta. I yo empesí avagar avagar. Tinía katorze anyos. I saves porké para mí fue mas fasil? Porké de la edá de diez anyos yo tanyía el piano.
      You think that you can’t write early? Whatever. I started very slowly. I was fourteen years old. And you know why it was easier for me? Because at age ten I was playing the piano.

Conjugation

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conjugation of saver
infinitive saver
gerund saviendo
participle savido
number singular plural
person first person second person third person first person second person third person
indicative yo tu el
eya 		mozotros
mozotras 		vozotros
vozotras 		eyos
eyas
simple present se saves save savemos savesh saven
imperfect saviya saviyas saviya saviyamos saviyash saviyan
preterite supe supites supo supimos supitesh supyeron,
supieron
future savré savrás savrá savremos savrésh savrán
conditional savriya savriyas savriya savriyamos savriyash savriyan
subjunctive yo tu el
eya 		mozotros
mozotras 		vozotros
vozotras 		eyos
eyas
present sepa sepas sepa sepamos sepásh sepan
past supyera,
supiera 		supyeras,
supieras 		supyera,
supiera 		supyéramos,
supiéramos 		supyerash,
supierash 		supyeran,
supieran
imperative — — — —
affirmative (sepa) save (sepa) (sepamos) save
saved 		(sepan)
negativo (no sepa) no sepas (no sepa) (no sepamos) no sepásh (no sepan)

References

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  1. ^ “saver”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Middle English

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Noun

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saver

  1. Alternative form of saveour

Norman

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French savoir, saveir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).

Verb

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saver

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) to know
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[5], pages 535-536:
      De la St. Michel à Noué un pllante ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.
      From Michaelmas to Christmas a plant does not know what you do to it.

Old Frisian

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Ēnes bērnes sāver.

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsaːfer/
  • (Late Old Frisian) IPA(key): /ˈsaːwer/

Noun

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sāver m

  1. spittle, saliva

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Old Spanish

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Verb

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saver

  1. Alternative form of saber

References

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “saver”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 458

Romansch

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Verb

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saver

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) Alternative form of savair (“to know (how to do something)”)

Venetan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere (“taste, know”). Compare Italian sapere.

Verb

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saver

  1. (transitive) to know (how to)
  2. (transitive) to be able to; can

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