пол

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Belarusian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

пол (polm inan (genitive по́лу, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural по́лаў, relational adjective палавы́)

  1. sex, gender
    мужчы́нскі полmužčýnski polmasculine gender
    жано́чы полžanóčy polfeminine gender
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Etymology 2

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Noun

пол (polm inan (genitive по́ла, nominative plural палы́, genitive plural пало́ў, diminutive пало́к)

  1. (archaic) bunk, berth, pallet, plank bed (a fixed built-in bed, designed as a part of a room, train car, prison cell, etc.)
    Synonyms: пала́ткі (palátki), пала́ці (paláci), на́ры (náry)
    • 1931 [1921], Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Міхась Зарэцкі, У тыле (Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка; 1), Менск: БДВ, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 91; English translation from Cecil Parrott, transl., The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974, page 96:
      Памаліўся, значыць, і палез за сваімі клумкамі пад пол. Што і казаць клумкі тамака былі, але худыя, зморшчаныя, як сушаная сьлівіна.
      Pamaliŭsja, značycʹ, i paljez za svaimi klumkami pad pol. Što i kazacʹ klumki tamaka byli, alje xudyja, zmórščanyja, jak sušanaja sʹlivina.
      And so this time he prayed and then looked for his knapsacks under his bunk. Yes, the knapsacks were there, but they were dried up and shrunk like dried prunes.
      (literally, “And so he prayed and reached for his knapsacks under his bunk. Needles to say, the knapsacks were there, but they were shrunk and wrinkled like a dried plum.”)
    • 1994, Віктар Цітоў, Народная спадчына: матэрыяльная культура ў лакальна-тыпалагічнай разнастайнасці, Мінск: Навука і тэхніка, →ISBN, page 99:
      Частку памяшкання ад тарцовай (кутняй) сцяны займаў спальны памост — пол, тут ляжалі напханы сенам ці саломай сяннік, падушкі, посцілкі, часам памост падзяляўся на дзве часткі ўзорным тканым полагам.
      Častku pamjaškannja ad tarcóvaj (kutnjaj) scjany zajmaŭ spalʹny pamóst — pol, tut ljažali napxany sjenam ci salómaj sjannik, paduški, póscilki, časam pamóst padzjaljaŭsja na dzvje častki ŭzórnym tkanym pólaham.
      A part of the room adjacent to (the corner of) the shorter wall was occupied by a fixture for sleeping — a bunk. A mattress stuffed with hay or straw, pillows and bedding laid there. Sometimes this construct was divided into two parts by a decorated woven screen.
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References

  • пол” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • пол”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Church Slavonic полъ (polŭ), from Proto-Slavic *polъ. Cognates include Belarusian пол (pol), Russian пол (pol), Macedonian пол (pol), Serbo-Croatian по̑л, Polish pół.

Noun

пол (polm

  1. sex, gender
  2. (archaic) a half
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Derived terms

Numeral

пол (pol)

  1. half

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pólъ.

Noun

пол (polm

  1. (archaic) floor, ground
Declension

Etymology 3

Likely from Romanian pol (napoleon (gold coin)), in turn likely a loan of Russian пол (pol, half).

Noun

пол (polm

  1. (archaic) napoleon (20-franc gold coin)
    Synonym: жълти́ца (žǎltíca)
Declension

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

пол (polm (relational adjective полов)

  1. sex (colloquially/imprecisely, also "gender")

Noun

пол (polm (relational adjective поларен)

  1. pole (Earth)

Declension

Declension of пол
singular plural
indefinite пол (pol) полови (polovi)
definite unspecified полот (polot) половите (polovite)
definite proximal полов (polov) половиве (polovive)
definite distal полон (polon) половине (polovine)
vocative полу (polu) полови (polovi)
count form пола (pola)

Russian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ), from Proto-Slavic *polъ.

Noun

пол (polm inan (genitive по́ла, nominative plural полы́, genitive plural поло́в, relational adjective полово́й, diminutive по́лик)

  1. floor (bottom part of a room)
    па́дать на́ полpádatʹ ná polto fall to the floor
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Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: պոլ (pol)
  • Georgian: პოლი (ṗoli)
  • Mingrelian: პოლი (ṗoli)
  • Ter Sami: пыэлл (pïell)

Etymology 2

Related to пол- (pol-, half), from Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ), from Proto-Slavic *polъ.

Noun

пол (polm inan (genitive по́ла, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural поло́в, relational adjective полово́й)

  1. half
    пол уче́бного го́даpol učébnovo gódahalf an academic year
  2. sex, gender
    же́нского по́лаžénskovo pólafemale
    мужско́го по́лаmužskóvo pólamale
    обо́его по́лаobójevo pólaboth sexes
    прекра́сный полprekrásnyj polthe fairer sex
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See also

Etymology 3

Adjective

пол (pol)

  1. short masculine singular of по́лый (pólyj)

Etymology 4

Noun

пол (polf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of пола́ (polá)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

Noun

по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)

  1. pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia) gender
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Derived terms

Etymology 3

From по̏ла.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Particle

по̑л (Latin spelling pȏl)

  1. half
    сат и по(л) — an hour and a half
    три и по м(ј)есеца — three and a half months