glava

See also: glåvă

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian глава (glava).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑʋɑ/, [ˈɡɫɑʋɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑʋɑ/, [ˈkɫɑʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
• Hyphenation: gla‧va

Noun

glava

1. chapter
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by Mihailov and D. I. Efimov, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Ensimäin glava.

     First chapter.

Declension

Declension of glava (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	glava	glavat
genitive	glavan	glavvoin
partitive	glavvaa	glavoja
illative	glavvaa	glavvoi
inessive	glavas	glavois
elative	glavast	glavoist
allative	glavalle	glavoille
adessive	glaval	glavoil
ablative	glavalt	glavoilt
translative	glavaks	glavoiks
essive	glavanna, glavvaan	glavoinna, glavvoin
exessive1)	glavant	glavoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǎːʋa/
• Hyphenation: gla‧va

Noun

gláva f (Cyrillic spelling гла́ва)

1. (anatomy) head
2. chapter (section of a book)
3. head, mind; brains (a source of mental ability and intelligence)

   Ne znam zašto sam to napravio. Glava mi se ugasila na sekundu. ― I don't know why I did that. My head turned off for a second.

4. head, chief, chairman, chairperson (person who leads an organized group)

   glava kuće ― head of the household

Declension

Declension of glava

	singular	plural
nominative	gláva	glȃve
genitive	glávē	glavā
dative	glávi glȃvi	glávama
accusative	glȃvu	glȃve
vocative	glȃvo	glȃve
locative	glávi	glávama
instrumental	glávōm	glávama

Derived terms

• glàvār
• glavèšina
• glàvnī
• glàvnica
• ići glavom kroz zid
• náglavak
• s glavom i repom
• vrtòglav
• zagláviti

References

• “glava”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlàːʋa/

Noun

gláva f

1. head

   Kar ti v glavi ostane, ti nihče ne vzame. ― What is in your head nobody can take away.

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	gláva
gen. sing.	gláve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gláva	glávi	gláve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gláve	gláv	gláv
dative (dajȃlnik)	glávi	glávama	glávam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	glávo	glávi	gláve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	glávi	glávah	glávah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	glávo	glávama	glávami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	gláva
gen. sing.	glavé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gláva	glavé	glavé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	glavé	gláv	gláv
dative (dajȃlnik)	glávi	glaváma	glavàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	glavó	glavé	glavé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	glávi	glavàh	glavàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	glavó	glaváma	glavámi

Derived terms

• glaven
• poglavje

Further reading

• “glava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “glava”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references