глава

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫɐˈva]

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• Rhymes: -va

глава́ • (glavá) f

1. head
2. mind, brains

   Synonym: ум (um)

3. chapter

• влага (vlaga)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫava]

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• Rhymes: -ava

глава • (glava) f (plural глави, diminutive главичка or главче, augmentative главиште)

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

   Synonym: поглавје n (poglavje)

3. mind, brains
4. person, capita
5. bulb (bulb-shaped root)

   Synonym: луковица f (lukovica)

• (part of the body): тиква f (tikva) (figuratively), црпка f (crpka) (figuratively), лејка f (lejka) (figuratively)

• главен (glaven)

• Glagolitic: ⰳⰾⰰⰲⰰ (glava)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

глава • (glava) f

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

• Bulgarian: глава́ (glavá)
• Macedonian: гла́ва (gláva)
• → Old East Slavic: глава (glava)
  • Old Ruthenian: глава (hlava)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: глава́ (hlavá)
    • Ukrainian: глава́ (hlavá)
  • Russian: глава́ (glavá)

• Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava). Doublet of голова (golova).

• Hyphenation: гла‧ва

глава (glava) f

1. head
2. chief
3. chapter

• (head): голова (golova)
• (chapter): главизна (glavizna)

• Old Ruthenian: глава (hlava)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: глава́ (hlavá)
  • Ukrainian: глава́ (hlavá)
• Russian: глава́ (glavá)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “глава”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 513

Inherited from Old Slovak hlava, from Proto-Slavic *golva. Cognates include Slovak hlava and Carpathian Rusyn глава́ (hlavá).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦlava]
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: гла‧ва

глава (hlava) f (diminutive главка or главичка, augmentative глависка, related adjective главов)

1. head (part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs)
2. head of a household
3. hub (of a wheel)
4. head, boss, leader
5. vine

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “глава”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Inherited from Old East Slavic глава (glava), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava).

Doublet of голова́ (golová), the regular East Slavic reflex.

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫɐˈva]

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глава́ • (glavá) f inan (genitive главы́, nominative plural гла́вы, genitive plural глав)

1. head, top, summit
2. cupola, dome
3. chapter, section (of a book)
   • 1842, Николай Гоголь, “Том I, Глава 3”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:

     Из предыдущей главы уже видно, в чем состоял главный предмет его вкуса и склонностей, а потому не диво, что он скоро погрузился весь в него и телом и душою.

     Iz predyduščej glavy uže vidno, v čem sostojal glavnyj predmet jevo vkusa i sklonnostej, a potomu ne divo, što on skoro pogruzilsja vesʹ v nevo i telom i dušoju.

     From the foregoing chapter it can now be seen what was the chief subject of his interests and inclinations, and so it is not surprising that he was soon completely absorbed in it.

4. (heraldry) chief (on a shield)

глава́ • (glavá) m anim or f anim (genitive главы́, nominative plural гла́вы, genitive plural глав)

1. head, chief (title)

• → Ingrian: glava

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “глава”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• вла́га (vlága)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǎːʋa/
• Hyphenation: гла‧ва

гла́ва f (Latin spelling gláva)

1. head
2. chapter (section of a book)

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

Inherited from Old Ruthenian глава́ (hlavá), from Old East Slavic глава (glava), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глава (glava). Doublet of голова́ (holová), the native East Slavic term.

• IPA^(key): [ɦɫɐˈʋa]

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глава́ • (hlavá) f inan (genitive глави́, nominative plural гла́ви, genitive plural глав)

1. (archaic) head (body part)
2. section, chapter, part

глава́ • (hlavá) m pers (genitive глави́, nominative plural гла́ви, genitive plural глав)

1. (archaic) head, chief (of an organization etc.)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “глава”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka