Etymology 1
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Noun
пол • (pol) m inan (genitive по́лу, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural по́лаў, relational adjective палавы́)
- sex, gender
- мужчы́нскі пол ― mužčýnski pol ― masculine gender
- жано́чы пол ― žanóčy pol ― feminine gender
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Declension of пол (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Etymology 2
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Noun
пол • (pol) m inan (genitive по́ла, nominative plural палы́, genitive plural пало́ў, diminutive пало́к)
- (archaic) bunk, berth, pallet, plank bed (a fixed built-in bed, designed as a part of a room, train car, prison cell, etc.)
- Synonyms: пала́ткі (palátki), пала́ці (paláci), на́ры (náry)
1931 [1921], Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Міхась Зарэцкі, У тыле (Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка; 1), Менск: БДВ, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 91; English translation from Cecil Parrott, transl., The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974, page 96:Памаліўся, значыць, і палез за сваімі клумкамі пад пол. Што і казаць клумкі тамака былі, але худыя, зморшчаныя, як сушаная сьлівіна.- Pamaliŭsja, značycʹ, i paljez za svaimi klumkami pad pol. Što i kazacʹ klumki tamaka byli, alje xudyja, zmórščanyja, jak sušanaja sʹlivina.
- And so this time he prayed and then looked for his knapsacks under his bunk. Yes, the knapsacks were there, but they were dried up and shrunk like dried prunes.
- (literally, “And so he prayed and reached for his knapsacks under his bunk. Needles to say, the knapsacks were there, but they were shrunk and wrinkled like a dried plum.”)
1994, Віктар Цітоў, Народная спадчына: матэрыяльная культура ў лакальна-тыпалагічнай разнастайнасці, Мінск: Навука і тэхніка, →ISBN, page 99:Частку памяшкання ад тарцовай (кутняй) сцяны займаў спальны памост — пол, тут ляжалі напханы сенам ці саломай сяннік, падушкі, посцілкі, часам памост падзяляўся на дзве часткі ўзорным тканым полагам.- Častku pamjaškannja ad tarcóvaj (kutnjaj) scjany zajmaŭ spalʹny pamóst — pol, tut ljažali napxany sjenam ci salómaj sjannik, paduški, póscilki, časam pamóst padzjaljaŭsja na dzvje častki ŭzórnym tkanym pólaham.
- A part of the room adjacent to (the corner of) the shorter wall was occupied by a fixture for sleeping — a bunk. A mattress stuffed with hay or straw, pillows and bedding laid there. Sometimes this construct was divided into two parts by a decorated woven screen.
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Declension of пол (inan hard masc-form accent-c)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “пол” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “пол”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *pólъ.
Noun
пол • (pol) m
- (archaic) floor, ground
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пол pol |
по́лове pólove |
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по́лът pólǎt |
по́ловете pólovete |
definite (object form) |
по́ла póla |
count form |
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по́ла póla |
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Etymology 3
Likely from Romanian pol (“napoleon (gold coin)”), in turn likely a loan of Russian пол (pol, “half”).
Noun
пол • (pol) m
- (archaic) napoleon (20-franc gold coin)
- Synonym: жълти́ца (žǎltíca)
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пол pol |
по́лове pólove |
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по́лът pólǎt |
по́ловете pólovete |
definite (object form) |
по́ла póla |
count form |
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по́ла póla |
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References
- “пол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Noun
пол • (pol) m (relational adjective полов)
- sex (colloquially/imprecisely, also "gender")
Noun
пол • (pol) m (relational adjective поларен)
- pole (Earth)
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Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).
Noun
по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)
- pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)
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Etymology 2
Noun
по̑л m (Latin spelling pȏl)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) gender
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Etymology 3
From по̏ла.
Particle
по̑л (Latin spelling pȏl)
- half
- сат и по(л) — an hour and a half
- три и по м(ј)есеца — three and a half months