главный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic главьнъ (glavĭnŭ), ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ. Parsable as глава́ (glavá) +‎ -ный (-nyj). Doublet of головно́й (golovnój).

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Adjective

гла́вный (glávnyj) (comparative (по)главне́е or (по)главне́й, superlative са́мый гла́вный)

  1. chief, leading, main, principal, head, central
    Synonyms: важне́йший (važnéjšij, most important), веду́щий (vedúščij, leading), верхо́вный (verxóvnyj, high), головно́й (golovnój, head), основно́й (osnovnój, main), первостепе́нный (pervostepénnyj, primary), центра́льный (centrálʹnyj, central)
    Antonyms: вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj, auxiliary, subsidiary), второстепе́нный (vtorostepénnyj, secondary), побо́чный (pobóčnyj, side), подчинённый (podčinjónnyj, subordinate)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ingrian: glavnoi

Noun

гла́вный (glávnyjm inan (genitive гла́вного, nominative plural гла́вные, genitive plural гла́вных)

  1. leader

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