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

Declension of полови́на
singular plural
indefinite полови́на
polovína
полови́ни
polovíni
definite полови́ната
polovínata
полови́ните
polovínite

References

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

Macedonian

Macedonian numbers (edit)
20
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

Declension of половина
singular plural
indefinite половина (polovina) половини (polovini)
definite unspecified половината (polovinata) половините (polovinite)
definite proximal половинава (polovinava) половиниве (polovinive)
definite distal половинана (polovinana) половинине (polovinine)
vocative половино (polovino) половини (polovini)

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

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References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

поло̀вина f (Latin spelling polòvina)

  1. half

Declension

Declension of половина
singular plural
nominative половина половине
genitive половине половина
dative половини половинама
accusative половину половине
vocative половино половине
locative половини половинама
instrumental половином половинама

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. half

Declension

Declension of полови́на
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative полови́на
polovýna
полови́ни
polovýny
genitive полови́ни
polovýny
полови́н
polovýn
dative полови́ні
polovýni
полови́нам
polovýnam
accusative полови́ну
polovýnu
полови́ни
polovýny
instrumental полови́ною
polovýnoju
полови́нами
polovýnamy
locative полови́ні
polovýni
полови́нах
polovýnax
vocative полови́но
polovýno
полови́ни
polovýny

References