glava
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See also: glåvă
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian глава (glava).
Pronunciation
Noun
glava
- chapter
- 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by Mihailov and D. I. Efimov, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
- Ensimäin glava.
- First chapter.
Declension
| Declension of glava (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | glava | glavat |
| genitive | glavan | glavvoin |
| partitive | glavvaa | glavoja |
| illative | glavvaa | glavvoi |
| inessive | glavas | glavois |
| elative | glavast | glavoist |
| allative | glavalle | glavoille |
| adessive | glaval | glavoil |
| ablative | glavalt | glavoilt |
| translative | glavaks | glavoiks |
| essive | glavanna, glavvaan | glavoinna, glavvoin |
| exessive1) | glavant | glavoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.
Pronunciation
Noun
gláva f (Cyrillic spelling гла́ва)
- (anatomy) head
- chapter (section of a book)
- head, mind; brains (a source of mental ability and intelligence)
- Ne znam zašto sam to napravio. Glava mi se ugasila na sekundu. ― I don't know why I did that. My head turned off for a second.
- head, chief, chairman, chairperson (person who leads an organized group)
- glava kuće ― head of the household
Declension
Declension of glava
Derived terms
References
- “glava” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.
Pronunciation
Noun
gláva f
- head
- Kar ti v glavi ostane, ti nihče ne vzame. ― What is in your head nobody can take away.
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | gláva | ||
| gen. sing. | gláve | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
gláva | glávi | gláve |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
gláve | gláv | gláv |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
glávi | glávama | glávam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
glávo | glávi | gláve |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
glávi | glávah | glávah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
glávo | glávama | glávami |
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | gláva | ||
| gen. sing. | glavé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
gláva | glavé | glavé |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
glavé | gláv | gláv |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
glávi | glaváma | glavàm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
glavó | glavé | glavé |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
glávi | glavàh | glavàh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
glavó | glaváma | glavámi |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “glava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “glava”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references