Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“bald, naked”) + *-vъ. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bald”).

Adjective

*golvъ

1. headed

Declension

Indefinite declension of *golvъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*golvъ	*golva	*golvo
genitive	*golva	*golvy	*golva
dative	*golvu	*golvě	*golvu
accusative	*golvъ	*golvǫ	*golvo
instrumental	*golvomь	*golvojǫ	*golvomь
locative	*golvě	*golvě	*golvě
vocative	*golve	*golvo	*golvo
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*golva	*golvě	*golvě
genitive	*golvu	*golvu	*golvu
dative	*golvoma	*golvama	*golvoma
accusative	*golva	*golvě	*golvě
instrumental	*golvoma	*golvama	*golvoma
locative	*golvu	*golvu	*golvu
vocative	*golva	*golvě	*golvě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*golvi	*golvy	*golva
genitive	*golvъ	*golvъ	*golvъ
dative	*golvomъ	*golvamъ	*golvomъ
accusative	*golvy	*golvy	*golva
instrumental	*golvy	*golvami	*golvy
locative	*golvěxъ	*golvaxъ	*golvěxъ
vocative	*golvi	*golvy	*golva

Definite declension of *golvъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*golvъjь	*golvaja	*golvoje
genitive	*golvajego	*golvyję̇	*golvajego
dative	*golvujemu	*golvěji	*golvujemu
accusative	*golvъjь	*golvǫjǫ	*golvoje
instrumental	*golvyjimь	*golvǫjǫ	*golvyjimь
locative	*golvějemь	*golvěji	*golvějemь
vocative	*golvъjь	*golvaja	*golvoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*golvaja	*golvěji	*golvěji
genitive	*golvuju	*golvuju	*golvuju
dative	*golvyjima	*golvyjima	*golvyjima
accusative	*golvaja	*golvěji	*golvěji
instrumental	*golvyjima	*golvyjima	*golvyjima
locative	*golvuju	*golvuju	*golvuju
vocative	*golvaja	*golvěji	*golvěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*golviji	*golvyję̇	*golvaja
genitive	*golvъjixъ	*golvъjixъ	*golvъjixъ
dative	*golvyjimъ	*golvyjimъ	*golvyjimъ
accusative	*golvyję̇	*golvyję̇	*golvaja
instrumental	*golvyjimi	*golvyjimi	*golvyjimi
locative	*golvyjixъ	*golvyjixъ	*golvyjixъ
vocative	*golviji	*golvyję̇	*golvaja

Derived terms

• *bezgolvъ (“headless, acephalous”)
• *gologolvъ (“with shaved head”)
• *virogolvъ (“headstrong”)
• *vьrtogolvъ (“mind-boggling”)
• *porzdьnogolvъ (“brainless, empty-headed”)
• *golvľь (“type of fish”)
• *golva (“head”)
  • *golvica (“head”) (diminutive)
  • *golvišče (“head”) (augmentative)
  • *golvatъ, *golvačь (“big-head”)
  • *golvьnъ, *golvitъ (“main, capital”)
  • *golvъka (“head of an instrument”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: голо́вый (golóvyj)
    • ⇒ Russian: безголо́вый (bezgolóvyj), гологоло́вый (gologolóvyj)
  • Ukrainian: -голо́вий (-holóvyj)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: безголо́вий (bezholóvyj), багатоголо́вий (bahatoholóvyj), пустоголо́вий (pustoholóvyj), двуголо́вий (dvuholóvyj), триголо́вий (tryholóvyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: -глaв (-glav)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: гологлав (gologlav), вироглав (viroglav), въртоглав (vǎrtoglav), твърдоглав (tvǎrdoglav), кухоглав (kuhoglav), празноглав (praznoglav)
  • Macedonian: -глaв (-glav)
    • ⇒ Macedonian: гологлав (gologlav), вртоглав (vrtoglav), тврдоглав (tvrdoglav), празноглав (praznoglav)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: гла̀вијӣ

    Latin script: glàvijī

  • Slovene: glȃvji
    • Slovene: gologlàv
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: -hlavý
    • ⇒ Czech: bezhlavý, holohlavý
  • Slovak: -hlavý
    • ⇒ Slovak: bezhlavý, holohlavý

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*golvъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 11
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezgolvъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 27
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gologolvъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 210