головной

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ. By surface analysis, голова́ (golová) +‎ -но́й (-nój).

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Adjective

головно́й (golovnój)

  1. (relational) head
    головно́й плато́кgolovnój platókheadscarf
    головно́й мозгgolovnój mozgcerebrum (literally, “head brain”)
    • 1969 , Владимир Ленин , “Первый отдел: Субъективность ”, in Конспект книги Гегеля «Наука логики» (В. И. Ленин: Полное собрание сочинений; 29), translation of original in English, page 158:
      Э́ти ча́сти рабо́ты сле́довало бы назва́ть: лу́чшее сре́дство для получе́ния головно́й бо́ли!
      Éti části rabóty slédovalo by nazvátʹ: lúčšeje srédstvo dlja polučénija golovnój bóli!
      best means for getting a headache!]
  2. main, principal
    Synonym: гла́вный (glávnyj)

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