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Inherited from Old East Slavic голова (golova), from Proto-Slavic *golvà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *golH-weh₂, from *gelH-. Doublet of глава (hlava) and глова (hlova), borrowed forms.

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голова (holovaf (related adjective головный, diminutive головка)

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)
  2. (anatomy) head (upper part of the head with hair)
  3. head (ability to reason)
  4. head (individual person in relation to a group)
  5. head (person leading or in highest position)
  6. (Middle Ukrainian) head, fore (front of something)
  7. (Middle Ukrainian) head (life of a person)
  8. (Middle Ukrainian) murder
  9. murdered person
  10. (Middle Belarusian) headquarters; capital
  11. food product in the form of a ball or cone
  12. (Middle Belarusian) top (highest point of something)
  13. chapter (section of a book)
  14. (Middle Ukrainian) headwater
  15. (figurative) main part of something
  16. (Middle Ukrainian, about land, field) beginning; end

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  • Belarusian: галава́ (halavá)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: го́лова (hólova)
  • Ukrainian: голова́ (holová)

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  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “голова”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 33
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “голова”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 248
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “голова”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 249

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic голова (golova), from Proto-Slavic *golva. Doublet of глава́ (glavá) (Church Slavonicism).

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  • IPA(key): [ɡəɫɐˈva]
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  • Rhymes: -a

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голова́ (golováf inan (genitive головы́, nominative plural го́ловы, genitive plural голо́в, relational adjective головно́й, diminutive голо́вка or голо́вушка)

  1. head
    с головы́ до но́гs golový do nógfrom head to foot
    с головы́ до пя́тs golový do pjátfrom head to toe
    в голова́хv golováxat the head of the bed
  2. mind; brains
    У меня́ э́того да́же и в голове́ не́ было.U menjá étovo dáže i v golové né bylo.I didn't even have it on my mind.

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голова́ (golovám anim (genitive головы́, nominative plural го́ловы, genitive plural голо́в)

  1. head; chief; master
    городско́й голова́gorodskój golovámayor
    сам себе́ голова́sam sebé golováone’s own master

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic голова (golova), from Proto-Slavic *golva. Doublet of глава́ (hlavá), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

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голова́ (holováf inan (genitive голови́, nominative plural го́лови, genitive plural голі́в, relational adjective головни́й, diminutive голі́вка or голо́вка)

  1. (anatomy) head
    з голови́ до нігz holový do nihfrom head to foot
    У ме́не боли́ть голова́.U méne bolýtʹ holová.I have a headache.

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голова́ (holovám pers or f pers (genitive голови́, nominative plural го́лови, genitive plural голі́в)

  1. (of a meeting) chair, chairman, chairperson
  2. (of a board, etc.) chairman, chairperson, president
    Голова́ Кабіне́ту Міні́стрівHolová Kabinétu MinístrivPrime Minister
  3. (of an organisation) chief, head, manager
  4. (of a parliament or of Congress) Speaker
  5. (of a city or town) mayor

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