булава

Belarusian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buɫaˈva]

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Noun

1. mace (heavy fighting club)

   Synonym: па́ліца (pálica)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• “булава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Russian

Etymology

Compare Polish buława.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊɫɐˈva]

Noun

булава́ • (bulavá) f inan (genitive булавы́, nominative plural булавы́, genitive plural була́в)

1. (weaponry) mace
2. (sports) Indian club

Declension

Declension of булава́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	булава́ bulavá	булавы́ bulavý
genitive	булавы́ bulavý	була́в buláv
dative	булаве́ bulavé	булава́м bulavám
accusative	булаву́ bulavú	булавы́ bulavý
instrumental	булаво́й, булаво́ю bulavój, bulavóju	булава́ми bulavámi
prepositional	булаве́ bulavé	булава́х bulaváx

Related terms

• була́вка (bulávka)
• перетя́гивать булаву́ (peretjágivatʹ bulavú)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “булава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress