пола

See also: поля, and Appendix:Variations of "pola"

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pola (“skirt, fringe”). Either a semantic variation of Etymology 2 via the specialization “half of suit/dress” → skirt or derived from Proto-Slavic *polti (“to twine, to wind, to lace”). Compare Bulgarian поли́ pl (polí, “fells, mountain slopes”), Russian пол (pol, “floor, expanse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈɫa]
• (dialectally) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔɫɐ]

Noun

пола́ • (polá) f (diminutive поли́чка)

1. skirt

   Synonym: фу́ста (fústa)

2. (colloquial) lower fringe, hem of garment (e.g. shirt, gown, coat) or rug

   Synonym: до́лница (dólnica)

Declension

Declension of пола́

	singular	plural
indefinite	пола́ polá	поли́ polí
definite	пола́та poláta	поли́те políte

Derived terms

• по́лка (pólka), по́лница (pólnica, “hem of shirt or blouse”)
• възпо́лка (vǎzpólka), озпо́лка (ozpólka), попо́лка (popólka, “embroidered pattern on skirt or dress”) (dialectal)

References

• “пола¹”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пола”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пола”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 491
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пола́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 145

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pola (“half”), an abstract form of *polъ (“side, half”). May be etymologically identical with Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈɫa]

Noun

пола́ • (polá) f

1. (dialectal) half (any part of bipartition), half (member of a pair)

   Synonym: полови́на (polovína)

2. (dated) grammatical gender

   Synonym: род (rod)

3. (by extension) wing of a double-door
4. (agriculture, obsolete) division of agricultural field that is plowed in the same direction

   Synonym: и́вица (ívica)

Declension

Declension of пола́

	singular	plural
indefinite	пола́ polá	поли́ polí
definite	пола́та poláta	поли́те políte

Related terms

• пол (pol, “gender”)
• полови́на (polovína, “half”) (quantity)
• поли́ца (políca, “shelf”)

References

• “пола²”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• пола in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Anagrams

• опал (opal)

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pola. Compare Polish poła.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫa]

Noun

пола́ • (polá) f inan (genitive полы́, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural пол)

1. skirt, tail, flap, lap (of clothes)

   и́з-под полы́ ― íz-pod polý ― under the counter, on the black market

   • Лев Толстой, Хозяин и работник 1895:

     Ники́та то́же встал, положи́л наза́д в са́харницу свой обку́санный со всех сторо́н кусо́чек са́хару, обтёр поло́ю мо́крое от по́та лицо́ и пошёл надева́ть хала́т

     Nikíta tóže vstal, položíl nazád v sáxarnicu svoj obkúsannyj so vsex storón kusóček sáxaru, obtjór polóju mókroje ot póta licó i pošól nadevátʹ xalát

     Nikita stood up too, gathered back into the sugarbowl all the sugarcrumbs he had sprinkled around while eating, wiped his sweaty face with a flap of his clothing and went to put on a gown.

Declension

Declension of пола́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пола́ polá	по́лы póly
genitive	полы́ polý	по́л pól
dative	поле́ polé	по́лам pólam
accusative	полу́ polú	по́лы póly
instrumental	поло́й, поло́ю polój, polóju	по́лами pólami
prepositional	поле́ polé	по́лах pólax

Related terms

• долгопо́лый (dolgopólyj)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɫə]

Adjective

по́ла • (póla)

1. short feminine singular of по́лый (pólyj, “hollow; naked; spilling over after ice breakup”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɫə]

Noun

по́ла • (póla) m inan

1. genitive singular of пол (pol, “floor; sex, gender”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒːla/
• Hyphenation: по‧ла

Noun

по́ла f (Latin spelling póla)

1. half

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôla/
• Hyphenation: по‧ла

Adverb

по̏ла (Latin spelling pȍla)

1. half [with genitive]

   пола сата — half an hour

   пола три — 2:30

   на пола пута — at the half-way point

   у пола ноћи — at midnight