Bulgarian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, пол (pol, half (obsolete); sex, gender (modern)) +‎ -овина (-ovina)

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полови́на (polovínaf

  1. half
    пъ́рва полови́на на века́pǎ́rva polovína na vekáfirst half of the century

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References

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  • половина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • половина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Macedonian numbers (edit)
20
2 3  → 
    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: втор (vtor)
    Adverbial: двапати (dvapati)
    Multiplier: двоен (dvoen), двократен (dvokraten)
    Multiplier verb: удвои (udvoi), удвојува (udvojuva)
    Collective: двајца (dvajca)
    Fractional: половина (polovina)

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polovina, from *polъ.

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половина (polovinaf (plural половини, relational adjective половичен, diminutive половинка)

  1. half
  2. loin

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Declension of половина
singular plural
indefinite половина (polovina) половини (polovini)
definite unspecified половината (polovinata) половините (polovinite)
definite proximal половинава (polovinava) половиниве (polovinive)
definite distal половинана (polovinana) половинине (polovinine)
vocative половино (polovino) половини (polovini)

Russian

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Etymology

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полу- (polu-, half) +‎ -ови́на (-ovína)

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  • IPA(key): [pəɫɐˈvʲinə]
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полови́на (polovínaf inan (genitive полови́ны, nominative plural полови́ны, genitive plural полови́н, relational adjective полови́нный, diminutive полови́нка)

  1. half
    полови́на пя́тогоpolovína pjátovohalf past four (literally, “half of the fifth”)

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

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /polǒʋina/
  • Hyphenation: по‧ло‧ви‧на

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поло̀вина f (Latin spelling polòvina)

  1. half

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Ukrainian

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полови́на (polovýnaf inan (genitive полови́ни, nominative plural полови́ни, genitive plural полови́н)

  1. half

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