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Russian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic стрьмоглавъ (strĭmoglavŭ, “with the head down”) via Russian Church Slavonic forms стрьмъглавъ, стремоглавъ, стремглавъ, which acquired modern meaning in 15th century, from Proto-Slavic *strьmъ + *golva + *-ь. Related to Serbo-Croatian strmoglavce.
For sematic parallels compare English headfirst, headforemost, headlong, Latin praeceps (whence English precipice, precipitate, precipitation). Also compare Russian сломя́ го́лову (slomjá gólovu), очертя́ го́лову (očertjá gólovu).
Pronunciation
Adverb
стремгла́в • (stremgláv)
- precipitately, very fast, headlong
- (obsolete) with the head down, headlong
(Can we date this quote?), Leo Tostoy, (Please provide the book title or journal name):Митенька стремглав слетел с шести ступеней и убежал в клумбу.- Mitenʹka stremglav sletel s šesti stupenej i ubežal v klumbu.
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Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стремглав”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “стремглав”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 209