Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvačь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

big-headed man/animal
intelligent man (Polish)
stubborn man (South and West Slavic)

Inflection

Declension of *golvačь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*golvačь	*golvača	*golvači
Accusative	*golvačь	*golvača	*golvačę̇
Genitive	*golvača	*golvaču	*golvačь
Locative	*golvači	*golvaču	*golvačixъ
Dative	*golvaču	*golvačema	*golvačemъ
Instrumental	golvačьmь, golvačemь^*	*golvačema	*golvači
Vocative	*golvaču	*golvača	*golvači

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

Related terms

*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: гла̀ва̄ч
  
  Latin: glavač (“stubborn”, adj)
- Slovene: glaváč
West Slavic:
- Czech: hlaváč
- Polish: głowacz
- Slovak: hlaváč, hláč
- Slovincian: glù̶o̶̯vȯč, głowacz
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: hłowač

References

Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “голова”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 200
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1980), “*golvačь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 07, Moscow: Nauka, page 7

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