глава

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫɐˈva]

глава́ • (glavá) f

1. head
2. mind, brains

   Synonym: ум (um)

3. chapter

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫava]

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• Rhymes: -ava

глава • (glava) f (plural глави, diminutive главичка or главче, augmentative главиште)

1. head (part of the body)
2. chapter, section
3. mind, brains
4. person, capita
5. bulb (bulb-shaped root)

• (part of the body): тиква f (tikva) (figuratively), црпка f (crpka) (figuratively), лејка f (lejka) (figuratively)
• (chapter): поглавје n (poglavje)
• (bulb): луковица f (lukovica)

• главен (glaven)

• Glagolitic: ⰳⰾⰰⰲⰰ (glava)

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

глава • (glava) f

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

• → Old East Slavic: глава (glava) (see there for further descendants)

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

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

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

глава (glava) f

1. head
2. chief
3. chapter

• (head): голова (golova)
• (chapter): главизна (glavizna)

• Old Ruthenian: глава́
  • Rusyn: глава́ (hlavá)
  • Ukrainian: глава́ (hlavá)
• Russian: глава́ (glavá)

• 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]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 513

Inherited from Old East Slavic глава (glava), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava), from Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

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

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫɐˈva]

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глава́ • (glavá) f inan (genitive главы́, nominative plural гла́вы, genitive plural глав)

1. head, top, summit
2. cupola, dome
3. chapter, section (of a book)
4. (heraldry) chief (on a shield)

глава́ • (glavá) m anim or f anim (genitive главы́, nominative plural гла́вы, genitive plural глав)

1. head, chief (title)

• гла́вный (glávnyj)
• голова́ (golová)

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

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

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

гла́ва f (Latin spelling gláva)

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

• “глава” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): [ɦɫɐˈʋa]

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глава́ • (hlavá) f inan (genitive глави́, nominative plural гла́ви, genitive plural глав)

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

глава́ • (hlavá) m pers (genitive глави́, nominative plural гла́ви, genitive plural глав)

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

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “глава”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka