See also: половый

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Etymology 1

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пол (pol, floor) +‎ -ово́й (-ovój), from Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ, floor).

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полово́й (polovój)

  1. (relational) floor, flooring (the bottom or lower part of a room)
    полова́я тря́пкаpolovája trjápkafloorcloth
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Половой с подносом и чайниками

полово́й (polovójm anim (genitive полово́го, nominative plural половы́е, genitive plural половы́х)

  1. (historical) waiter or servant in a Russian tavern
    • 1909–1915, Александр Куприн, “Часть третья, IV”, in Яма; English translation from Bernard Guilbert Guerney, transl., The Pit, (Please provide a date or year):
      — Дай мне мя́са варё́ного, огурцо́в, большу́ю рю́мку во́дки и хле́ба, — приказа́л он полово́му.
      — Daj mne mjása varjónovo, ogurcóv, bolʹšúju rjúmku vódki i xléba, — prikazál on polovómu.
      "Give me boiled meat, cucumbers, a large glass of vodka, and bread," he ordered the waiter.
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Etymology 2

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пол (pol, sex, gender) +‎ -ово́й (-ovój), related to пол- (pol-, half).

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полово́й (polovój)

  1. (relational, biology, sex) sex (as an action); sexual, genital
    полово́й актpolovój aktsex act, sexual intercourse
    полова́я связьpolovája svjazʹsexual relationship
    полово́й о́рганpolovój órgansexual organ
    полово́й отбо́рpolovój otbórsexual selection
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поло́вой (polóvojf inan

  1. instrumental singular of поло́ва (polóva)