Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡɫɐˈva]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -va

Noun edit

глава́ (glaváf

  1. head
  2. mind, brains
    Synonym: ум (um)
  3. chapter

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Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

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Noun edit

глава (glavaf (plural глави, diminutive главичка or главче, augmentative главиште)

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. chapter, section
    Synonym: поглавје n (poglavje)
  3. mind, brains
  4. person, capita
  5. bulb (bulb-shaped root)
    Synonym: луковица f (lukovica)

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Old Church Slavonic edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Noun edit

глава (glavaf

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. chapter

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References edit

  • Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava). Doublet of голова (golova).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɡlɑˈʋɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɡlaˈʋa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɡlaˈʋa/
  • Hyphenation: гла‧ва

Noun edit

глава (glavaf

  1. head
  2. chief
  3. chapter

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References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “глава”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 513

Pannonian Rusyn edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Slovak hlava, from Proto-Slavic *golva. Cognates include Slovak hlava and Carpathian Rusyn глава́ (hlavá).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦlava]
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: гла‧ва

Noun edit

глава (hlavaf (diminutive главка, related adjective главов)

  1. head
  2. boss
  3. vine

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic глава (glava), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava).

Doublet of голова́ (golová), the regular East Slavic reflex.

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глава́ (glaváf inan (genitive главы́, nominative plural гла́вы, genitive plural глав)

  1. head, top, summit
  2. cupola, dome
  3. chapter, section (of a book)
    • 1842, Николай Гоголь, “Том I, Глава 3”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:
      Из предыдущей главы уже видно, в чем состоял главный предмет его вкуса и склонностей, а потому не диво, что он скоро погрузился весь в него и телом и душою.
      Iz predyduščej glavy uže vidno, v čem sostojal glavnyj predmet jevo vkusa i sklonnostej, a potomu ne divo, što on skoro pogruzilsja vesʹ v nevo i telom i dušoju.
      From the foregoing chapter it can now be seen what was the chief subject of his interests and inclinations, and so it is not surprising that he was soon completely absorbed in it.
  4. (heraldry) chief (on a shield)

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глава́ (glavám anim or f anim (genitive главы́, nominative plural гла́вы, genitive plural глав)

  1. head, chief (title)

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Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡlǎːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: гла‧ва

Noun edit

гла́ва f (Latin spelling gláva)

  1. head
  2. chapter (section of a book)

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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ruthenian глава́ (hlavá), from Old East Slavic глава (glava), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava). Doublet of голова́ (holová), the native East Slavic term.

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глава́ (hlaváf inan (genitive глави́, nominative plural гла́ви, genitive plural глав)

  1. (archaic) head (body part)
  2. section, chapter, part

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глава́ (hlavám pers (genitive глави́, nominative plural гла́ви, genitive plural глав)

  1. (archaic) head, chief (of an organization etc.)

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