голова

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.

голова • (holova) f (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

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

• 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

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

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

1. head

   с головы́ до но́г ― s golový do nóg ― from head to foot

   с головы́ до пя́т ― s golový do pját ― from head to toe

   в голова́х ― v golováx ― at 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.

• головокружи́тельный (golovokružítelʹnyj)
• головоре́з (golovoréz)
• копьеголо́вый (kopʹjegolóvyj)
• синеголо́вый (sinegolóvyj)

голова́ • (golová) m anim (genitive головы́, nominative plural го́ловы, genitive plural голо́в)

1. head; chief; master

   городско́й голова́ ― gorodskój golová ― mayor

   сам себе́ голова́ ― sam sebé golová ― one’s own master

• → Buryat: гулбаа (gulbaa)

• глава́ (glavá)

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 • (holová) f inan (genitive голови́, nominative plural го́лови, genitive plural голі́в, relational adjective головни́й, diminutive голі́вка or голо́вка)

1. (anatomy) head

   з голови́ до ніг ― z holový do nih ― from head to foot

   У ме́не боли́ть голова́. ― U méne bolýtʹ holová. ― I have a headache.

голова́ • (holová) m 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 Міні́стрів ― Holová Kabinétu Minístriv ― Prime Minister

3. (of an organisation) chief, head, manager
4. (of a parliament or of Congress) Speaker
5. (of a city or town) mayor

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