hlavona

Old Czech

Etymology

Coined by Klaret. First attested in the 14th century. Compare Old Church Slavonic глава (glava) with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣɫaʋona/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦlavona/

Noun

hlavona f

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Declension

Declension of hlavona (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	hlavona	hlavoně	hlavony
genitive	hlavony	hlavonú	hlavon
dative	hlavoně	hlavonama	hlavonám
accusative	hlavonu	hlavoně	hlavony
vocative	hlavono	hlavoně	hlavony
locative	hlavoně	hlavonú	hlavonách
instrumental	hlavonú	hlavonama	hlavonami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “hlavona”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění