чало
See also: Appendix:Variations of "calo"
Belarusian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *čelo. Cognate with Russian чело́ (čeló).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чало́ • (čaló) n inan (genitive чала́, nominative plural чо́лы, genitive plural чо́лаў)
- head (topmost, foremost, or leading part)
- на чале́ ― na čaljé ― at the head
- 1924, Vladimir Picheta, Гісторыя Беларусі (The History of Belarus), page 107:
- На чале́ го́раду стаі́ць во́йт, які́ атры́млівае ў сваё распараджэ́ньне пэ́ўную ко́лькасьць дахо́даў з ро́зных крыні́ц.
- Na čaljé hóradu staícʹ vójt, jakí atrýmlivaje ŭ svajó rasparadžénʹnje péŭnuju kólʹkasʹcʹ daxódaŭ z róznyx kryníc.
- There's an overseer at the head of the city, who receives at his disposal a certain amount of income from various sources.
- (archaic) forehead
- Synonym: лоб (lob)
Declension edit
Declension of чало́ (inan hard neut-form accent-d а-о)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чало́ čaló |
чо́лы čóly |
| genitive | чала́ čalá |
чо́лаў čólaŭ |
| dative | чалу́ čalú |
чо́лам čólam |
| accusative | чало́ čaló |
чо́лы čóly |
| instrumental | чало́м čalóm |
чо́ламі čólami |
| locative | чале́ čaljé |
чо́лах čólax |
| count form | — | чалы́1 čalý1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References edit
- “чало” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “чало”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)