glava
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian глава (glava).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑʋɑ/, [ˈɡɫɑʋɑˑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑʋɑ/, [ˈkɫɑʋɑˑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
- Hyphenation: gla‧va
Noun
glava
- 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)
- (anatomy) head
- chapter (section of a book)
- 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.
- head, chief, chairman, chairperson (person who leads an organized group)
- glava kuće ― head of the household
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gláva | glȃve |
| genitive | glávē | glávā |
| dative | glȃvi | glàvama |
| accusative | glȃvu | glȃve |
| vocative | glȃvo | glȃve |
| locative | glávi | glàvama |
| instrumental | glávōm | glàvama |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “glava”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlàːʋa/
Noun
gláva f
- head
- Kar ti v glavi ostane, ti nihče ne vzame. ― What is in your head nobody can take away.
Declension
| 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, 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