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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

голова́

noun, feminine, inanimate
daily used word (top 100)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

A2 Anatomy

Translation

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head

Also: mind, brains, chief, master

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Expressions

От го́ловы до но́г From head to toe

Examples

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На голове́ у Джима белая шля́па. Jim has a white hat on his head.
У меня слегка боле́ла голова́, и я лёг спать пораньше. Having a slight headache, I went to bed early.
У меня кру́жится голова́. I'm dizzy.
Он уда́рился голово́й о полку и получи́л огро́мный синя́к. He banged his head against a shelf and got a big lump.
Он покача́л голово́й. He shook his head.
Карлу Пе́рвому отруби́ли го́лову. Charles I had his head cut off.
Не моро́чь мне го́лову! Don't pull my leg!
У Тома есть голова́ на плеча́х. Tom has a good head on his shoulders.
У него боле́ла голова́. He had a headache.
Вертолёт зави́с над голово́й. The helicopter is hovering overhead.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	голова́	го́ловы
gen. genitive	головы́	голо́в
dat. dative	голове́	голова́м
acc. accusative	го́лову	го́ловы
inst. instrumental	голово́й	голова́ми
prep. prepositional	голове́	голова́х