hlava

Czech

Hlava of a man and an ant

Hlava of a nail

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦlava/

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• Rhymes: -ava

Noun

hlava f

1. head (part of the body)
2. head (end of a nail)
3. chapter (section of a text)

Synonyms

• kebule, palice, kokos, šíša, šiška, makovice, kotrba

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bezhlavý
• hlavička
• hlavinka
• hlavonožec

• svéhlavý
• tvrdohlavý
• záhlaví
• zlatohlávek

Further reading

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɫava/

Noun

hlava f (genitive singular hlavy, nominative plural hlavy, genitive plural hláv, declension pattern of žena)

1. head (part of the body)
2. chapter

Declension

Declension of hlava

	singular	plural
nominative	hlava	hlavy
genitive	hlavy	hláv
dative	hlave	hlavám
accusative	hlavu	hlavy
locative	hlave	hlavách
instrumental	hlavou	hlavami

Derived terms

• hlavný

Further reading

• “hlava”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024