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Belarusian
Etymology
Derivative using -ava from Proto-Slavic *bula (literally “cone , knob”), Slovene búla (“cone , tumour”), Czech boule (“cone ”), Polish bula (“bubble”), Serbo-Croatian бу́љити (“open one's eyes wide; stare”).
Pronunciation
Noun
булава́ • (bulavá) f inan (genitive булавы́, nominative plural була́вы, genitive plural була́ў or була́ваў)
- mace (heavy fighting club)
- Synonym: па́ліца (pálica)
Declension
Declension of булава́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “булава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “булава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Russian
Etymology
Compare Polish buława.
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Pronunciation
Noun
булава́ • (bulavá) f inan (genitive булавы́, nominative plural булавы́, genitive plural була́в)
- mace (heavy fighting club)
- Synonym: па́лица (pálica)
- (sports) juggling club
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “булава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
булава́ • (bulavá) f inan (genitive булави́, nominative plural булави́, genitive plural була́в)
- mace (heavy fighting club)
- Synonym: па́лиця (pálycja)
Declension
Declension of булава́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)
References