чало

See also: Appendix:Variations of "calo"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čelo. Cognate with Russian чело́ (čeló).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʂaˈɫo]

Noun

чало́ • (čaló) n inan (genitive чала́, nominative plural чо́лы, genitive plural чо́лаў)

1. head (topmost, foremost, or leading part)

   на чале́ ― na čaljé ― at the head

   • 1924, Vladimir Picheta, Гісторыя Беларусі (The History of Belarus), page 107:

     На чале́ го́раду стаі́ць во́йт, які́ атры́млівае ў сваё распараджэ́ньне пэ́ўную ко́лькасьць дахо́даў з ро́зных крыні́ц.

     Na čaljé hóradu staícʹ vójt, jakí atrýmlivaje ŭ svajó rasparadžénʹnje péŭnuju kólʹkasʹcʹ daxódaŭ z róznyx kryníc.

     There's an overseer at the head of the city, who receives at his disposal a certain amount of income from various sources.

2. (archaic) forehead

   Synonym: лоб (lob)

Declension

Declension of чало́ (inan hard neut-form accent-d а-о)

	singular	plural
nominative	чало́ čaló	чо́лы čóly
genitive	чала́ čalá	чо́лаў čólaŭ
dative	чалу́ čalú	чо́лам čólam
accusative	чало́ čaló	чо́лы čóly
instrumental	чало́м čalóm	чо́ламі čólami
locative	чале́ čaljé	чо́лах čólax
count form	—	чалы́1 čalý1

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

References

• “чало” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “чало”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)