Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvačь

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

Literally "headed". From *golva (“head”) +‎ *-ačь

Noun

*golvačь m

  1. big-headed man/animal
  2. intelligent man (Polish)
  3. stubborn man (South and West Slavic)

Inflection

Declension of *golvačь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *golvačь *golvača *golvači
genitive *golvača *golvaču *golvačь
dative *golvaču *golvačema *golvačemъ
accusative *golvačь *golvača *golvačę̇
instrumental *golvačьmь, *golvačemь* *golvačema *golvači
locative *golvači *golvaču *golvačixъ
vocative *golvaču *golvača *golvači

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

  • *golvatъ (“big-headed; intelligent (East Slavic); stubborn (West Slavic)”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: галава́ч (halaváč)
    • Russian: голова́ч (golováč)
    • Ukrainian: голова́ч (holováč)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гла̀ва̄ч
      Latin script: glavač (“stubborn”, adjective)
    • Slovene: glaváč
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “голова”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 200
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*golvačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 7
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