галава

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic голова (golova), from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣaɫaˈva]

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Noun

галава́ • (halavá) f inan (genitive галавы́, nominative plural гало́вы, genitive plural гало́ў)

1. head (part of the body)

Declension

Declension of галава́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d а-о)

	singular	plural
nominative	галава́ halavá	гало́вы halóvy
genitive	галавы́ halavý	гало́ў halóŭ
dative	галаве́ halavjé	гало́вам halóvam
accusative	галаву́ halavú	гало́вы halóvy
instrumental	галаво́й, галаво́ю halavój, halavóju	гало́вамі halóvami
locative	галаве́ halavjé	гало́вах halóvax
count form	—	галавы́1 halavý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• гало́ўка (halóŭka)
• гало́ўны (halóŭny)

References

• “галава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org