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голова́

noun, female, inanimate
very often used word (#78)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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head

Also: mind, brains, chief, master

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У него нет свое́й головы на плеча́х. He doesn't have a mind of his own.
Ты помнишь то ле́то, когда Том побри́л го́лову? Can you remember the summer Tom shaved his head?
У де́вушки на карти́не на голове́ вено́к из живы́х цвето́в, а не золота́я коро́на. The girl in the picture has a flower wreath on her head, and not a golden crown.
Э́та девчонка как креве́тка: мне всё в ней нра́вится, кроме головы. This chick is like a shrimp: I like everything about her but her head.
У него есть привы́чка кива́ть голово́й, когда он слу́шает разгово́р. He has a habit of moving his head up and down when he is listening to a conversation.
Карлу Пе́рвому отруби́ли го́лову. Charles I had his head cut off.
Задурив ма́льчику го́лову, они заста́вили его укра́сть часы его отца́. They fooled the boy into stealing his father's watch.
На голове́ у Джима белая шля́па. Jim has a white hat on his head.
Джон держа́л го́лову над водо́й. John kept his head above water.
Мне в го́лову пришла́ дура́цкая иде́я. A foolish idea came into my mind.

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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