стрімголов

Ukrainian

From an unattested form *стромиголов(у), related to строми́ти (stromýty, “to insert, stick”) and голова́ (holová, “head”).^[1] Possibly ultimately from Old Church Slavonic стрьмоглавь (strĭmoglavĭ, “head down, headfirst, headlong”),^[2] whence Russian стремгла́в (stremgláv).^[3] Compare also Belarusian стрымгало́ў (strymhalóŭ), Czech střemhlav.

This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

стрімголо́в • (strimholóv)

headfirst, headlong (precipitately, rashly)
headfirst, headlong (with the head first or down)
Synonym: вниз голово́ю (vnyz holovóju)

^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “стрімголов”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 445
^ “стрьмоглавь”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стремглав”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1978), “стрімголов”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 9 (С), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 778

A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “стрімголов”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “стрімголов”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
“стрімголов”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
“стрімголов”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
“стрімголов”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)