пол

See also: пол-

Belarusian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poɫ]

Noun

1. sex, gender

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• палавы́ (palavý)

References

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

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Macedonian

Noun

пол • (pol) m

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

Inflection

Declension of пол

	singular	plural
indefinite	пол	полови
definite unspecified	полот	половите
definite proximal	полов	половиве
definite distal	полон	половине
vocative	полу	полови
count form	—	пола

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poɫ]

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Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ).

Noun

пол • (pol) m inan (genitive по́ла, nominative plural полы́, genitive plural поло́в)

1. floor

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

Declension

Declension of пол (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	по́л pól	полы́ polý
genitive	по́ла póla	поло́в polóv
dative	по́лу pólu	пола́м polám
accusative	по́л pól	полы́ polý
instrumental	по́лом pólom	пола́ми polámi
prepositional	по́ле póle	пола́х poláx
partitive	по́лу pólu
locative	полу́ polú

Derived terms

• полови́ца (polovíca)
• полово́й (polovój)

Etymology 2

Related to пол- (pol-, “half”), from Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ), Old Church Slavonic полъ (polŭ)

Noun

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

1. 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

Declension

Declension of пол (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	по́л pól	по́лы póly
genitive	по́ла póla	поло́в polóv
dative	по́лу pólu	пола́м polám
accusative	по́л pól	по́лы póly
instrumental	по́лом pólom	пола́ми polámi
prepositional	по́ле póle	пола́х poláx

Derived terms

• полово́й (polovój)

See also

• род (rod)
• секс (sɛks)

Etymology 3

Adjective

пол • (pol)

1. short masculine singular of по́лый (pólyj)

Etymology 4

Noun

(deprecated template usage) пол • (pol) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of пола́ (polá)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Noun

по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)

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

Declension

Declension of пол

	singular	plural
nominative	по̑л	по́лови
genitive	пола	по́ло̄ва̄
dative	полу	половима
accusative	пол	полове
vocative	поле	полови
locative	полу	половима
instrumental	полом	половима

Derived terms

• поларни

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (Croatian): спо̑л

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Noun

по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)

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

Declension

Declension of пол

	singular	plural
nominative	пол	полови
genitive	пола	полова
dative	полу	половима
accusative	пол	полове
vocative	поле	полови
locative	полу	половима
instrumental	полом	половима

Derived terms

• полни

Etymology 3

From по̏ла.

Alternative forms

• по̑

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

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