стремглав

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Russian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic стрьмоглавъ (strĭmoglavŭ, with the head down) via Russian Church Slavonic forms стрьмъглавъ, стремоглавъ, стремглавъ, which acquired modern meaning in 15th century, from Proto-Slavic *strьmъ + *golva + *-ь. Related to Serbo-Croatian strmoglavce.

For sematic parallels compare English headfirst, headforemost, headlong, Latin praeceps (whence English precipice, precipitate, precipitation). Also compare Russian сломя́ го́лову (slomjá gólovu), очертя́ го́лову (očertjá gólovu).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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стремгла́в (stremgláv)

  1. precipitately, very fast, headlong
  2. (obsolete) with the head down, headlong
    • (Can we date this quote?), Leo Tostoy, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Митенька стремглав слетел с шести ступеней и убежал в клумбу.
      Mitenʹka stremglav sletel s šesti stupenej i ubežal v klumbu.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стремглав”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “стремглав”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 209