glava

See also: glåvă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡlǎːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: gla‧va

Noun

gláva f (Cyrillic spelling гла́ва)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. chapter (section of a book)
  3. head, mind; brains (a source of mental ability and intelligence)
    Neznam 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.
  4. head, chief, chairman, chairperson (person who leads an organized group)
    glava kuće ― head of the household

Declension
Declension of glava
singular plural
nominative gláva glȃve
genitive glave glava
dative glavi glavama
accusative glȃvu glave
vocative glavo glave
locative glavi glavama
instrumental glavom glavama

Derived terms

References
  • “glava” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlàːʋa/
  • Tonal orthography: gláva

Noun

gláva f (genitive gláve or glavé, nominative plural gláve or glavé)

  1. (anatomy) head
    Kar ti v glavi ostane, ti nihče ne vzame
    What is in your head nobody can take away.

Declension
Declension of gláva (feminine, a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative gláva glávi gláve
accusative glávo glávi gláve
genitive gláve gláv gláv
dative glávi glávama glávam
locative glávi glávah glávah
instrumental glávo glávama glávami
Declension of gláva (feminine, a-stem, mobile accent)
singular dual plural
nominative gláva glavé glavé
accusative glavó glavé glavé
genitive glavé gláv gláv
dative glávi glaváma glavàm
locative glávi glavàh glavàh
instrumental glavó glaváma glavámi

Derived terms
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