половина

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Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пол (pol, half (obsolete); sex, gender (modern)) +‎ -овина (-ovina)

Pronunciation

Noun

полови́на (polovínaf

  1. half
    пъ́рва полови́на на века́pǎ́rva polovína na vekáfirst half of the century

Declension

References

  • половина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • половина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Macedonian numbers (edit)
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2 3  → 
    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: втор (vtor)
    Adverbial: двапати (dvapati)
    Multiplier: двоен (dvoen), двократен (dvokraten)
    Multiplier verb: удвои (udvoi), удвојува (udvojuva)
    Collective: двајца (dvajca)
    Fractional: половина (polovina)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polovina, from *polъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

половина (polovinaf (plural половини, relational adjective половичен, diminutive половинка)

  1. half
  2. loin

Declension

Russian

Etymology

полу- (polu-, half) +‎ -ови́на (-ovína)

Pronunciation

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Noun

полови́на (polovínaf inan (genitive полови́ны, nominative plural полови́ны, genitive plural полови́н, relational adjective полови́нный, diminutive полови́нка)

  1. half
    полови́на пя́тогоpolovína pjátovohalf past four (literally, “half of the fifth”)

Declension

Derived terms

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /polǒʋina/
  • Hyphenation: по‧ло‧ви‧на

Noun

поло̀вина f (Latin spelling polòvina)

  1. half

Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

полови́на (polovýnaf inan (genitive полови́ни, nominative plural полови́ни, genitive plural полови́н)

  1. half

Declension

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