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hlava

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Czech

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Hlava muže a mravence
Hlavička hřebíku

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech hlava, from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɦlava]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava

Noun

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hlava f (related adjective hlavový)

  1. head (part of the body)
    Synonyms: kebule, palice, kokos, šíša, šiška, makovice, kotrba
    Potřásl hlavou.He shook his head.
    Je tu hlava na hlavě.It's very crowded in here.
  2. head (end of a nail)
  3. head (side of a coin)
    Synonyms: panna, avers
    Antonyms: orel, revers
  4. chapter (section of a text)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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  • hlava”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • hlava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • hlava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣɫaʋa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦlava/

Noun

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hlava f

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)
  2. head; individual, person
  3. head (ability to reason)
  4. (law) head (person's life)
  5. (law) murder (intentional killing of a person)
  6. (law) murdered body
  7. (law) fine imposed in a trial for murder
  8. (figuratively) head (person leading something)
  9. head (upper part of anything)
    1. hilt of a sword
  10. (figuratively) front (front side of something)
  11. (astronomy) group of stars in a constellation designated by an animal name
    Coordinate term: ocas

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: hlava

References

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Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hlava f

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. chapter

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • hlava”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024