glava

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See also: glåvă

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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 kućehead of the household

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • glava” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gláva f

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

Inflection[edit]

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
Feminine, a-stem, mobile 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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • glava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran