shiva

Other forms of shiva

plural

shivas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shiva

What does shiva mean?

shiva means "(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shiva?

shiva has 2 syllables: shi-va. The stress falls on "shi". In IPA it is /ˈʃivə/.

What is another word for shiva?

Close synonyms include shivah, shibah, Siva. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shiva a common word?

shiva is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shiva?

1 word rhymes with shiva. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.