пол

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пол • (pol) m inan (genitive по́лу, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural по́лаў, relational adjective палавы́)

1. sex, gender

   мужчы́нскі пол ― mužčýnski pol ― masculine gender

   жано́чы пол ― žanóčy pol ― feminine gender

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пол • (pol) m 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.

• “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)

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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.

пол • (pol) m

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

• по́лов (pólov)
• по́ловост (pólovost)
• безпо́лов (bezpólov)
• безпо́ловост (bezpólovost)
• двупо́лов (dvupólov)

пол • (pol)

1. half

From Proto-Slavic *pólъ.

пол • (pol) m

1. (archaic) floor, ground

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

пол • (pol) m

1. (archaic) napoleon (20-franc gold coin)

   Synonym: жълти́ца (žǎltíca)

• “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

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• Homophone: Пол (Pol)

пол • (pol) m (relational adjective полов)

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

пол • (pol) m (relational adjective поларен)

1. pole (Earth)

• полъ (pol) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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

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

1. floor (bottom part of a room)

   па́дать на́ пол ― pádatʹ ná pol ― to fall to the floor

• полови́ца (polovíca)
• полотёр (polotjór)

• → Armenian: պոլ (pol)
• → Georgian: პოლი (ṗoli)
• → Mingrelian: პოლი (ṗoli)
• → Ter Sami: пыэлл (pïell)

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

пол • (pol) m inan (genitive по́ла, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural поло́в, relational adjective полово́й)

1. half

   пол уче́бного го́да ― pol učébnovo góda ― half an academic year

2. sex, gender

   же́нского по́ла ― žénskovo póla ― female

   мужско́го по́ла ― mužskóvo póla ― male

   обо́его по́ла ― obójevo póla ― both sexes

   прекра́сный пол ― prekrásnyj pol ― the fairer sex

• род (rod)
• секс (sɛks)

пол • (pol)

1. short masculine singular of по́лый (pólyj)

пол • (pol) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of пола́ (polá)

From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)

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

• поларни

• спо̑л (Croatia)

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)

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

• полни

From по̏ла.

• по̑

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

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