"golvačь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See golvačь in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Literally "headed". From *golva (“head”) + *-ačь Etymology templates: {{root|sla-pro|ine-pro|*gelH-}}, {{af|sla-pro|*golva|*-ačь|t1=head}} *golva (“head”) + *-ačь Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], golvačь [nominative, singular], golvača [dual, nominative], golvači [nominative, plural], golvača [genitive, singular], golvaču [dual, genitive], golvačь [genitive, plural], golvaču [dative, singular], golvačema [dative, dual], golvačemъ [dative, plural], golvačь [accusative, singular], golvača [accusative, dual], golvačę̇ [accusative, plural], golvačьmь [instrumental, singular], golvačemь [instrumental, singular], golvačema [dual, instrumental], golvači [instrumental, plural], golvači [locative, singular], golvaču [dual, locative], golvačixъ [locative, plural], golvaču [singular, vocative], golvača [dual, vocative], golvači [plural, vocative]
  1. big-headed man/animal Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-golvačь-sla-pro-noun-dA2qFuHQ
  2. intelligent man (Polish) Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-golvačь-sla-pro-noun-xI8mCevq
  3. stubborn man (South and West Slavic) Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-golvačь-sla-pro-noun-Kpp3TNO3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ačь Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 5 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 4 94 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 89 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ačь: 2 6 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: golvatъ (english: big-headed; intelligent (East Slavic); stubborn (West Slavic))
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "halaváč",
          "word": "галава́ч"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "golováč",
          "word": "голова́ч"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "holováč",
          "word": "голова́ч"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Cyrillic script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "гла̀ва̄ч"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Latin script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "sense": "stubborn",
              "word": "glavač"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "lang_code": "sl",
          "word": "glaváč"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "South Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "word": "hlaváč"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "word": "głowacz"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "word": "hlaváč"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "word": "hláč"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovincian",
          "lang_code": "zlw-slv",
          "word": "glôwócz"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
              "lang_code": "hsb",
              "word": "hłowač"
            }
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvača",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvači",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvačь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "big-headed; intelligent (East Slavic); stubborn (West Slavic)",
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "stubborn man (South and West Slavic)"
      ],
      "id": "en-golvačь-sla-pro-noun-Kpp3TNO3",
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          "stubborn",
          "stubborn"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "golvačь"
}
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    "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
    "Proto-Slavic masculine nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic soft masculine o-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic soft o-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gelH-",
    "Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ačь"
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          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "halaváč",
          "word": "галава́ч"
        },
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          "lang_code": "ru",
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          "word": "голова́ч"
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          "lang_code": "uk",
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        }
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              "word": "гла̀ва̄ч"
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              "lang": "Latin script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
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          "word": "głowacz"
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          "word": "hlaváč"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally \"headed\". From *golva (“head”) + *-ačь",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
      "form": "golvačь",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "golvača",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "golvači",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "golvača",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "golvaču",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "golvačь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "golvaču",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "golvačь",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvača",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "golvačę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "golvačьmь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvačemь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvačema",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvači",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvači",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golvačixъ",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvačь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "big-headed; intelligent (East Slavic); stubborn (West Slavic)",
      "translation": "big-headed; intelligent (East Slavic); stubborn (West Slavic)",
      "word": "golvatъ"
    }
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    {
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        "reconstruction"
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  "word": "golvačь"
}

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