głowa

Meaning

1. head (part of the body)
2. (colloquial) head (individual person in relation to a group)
3. head (person in intellectual terms)
4. head (ability to reason)
5. head (person's abilities in a given field)
6. head (person leading or in highest position)
7. head; life
8. head; ball (anything round resembling a head)
9. head (upper round part as opposed to the base of something)
10. hair; hairstyle
11. head (part of an object, e.g. a bed, where a person would place their head)
12. (obsolete) blood money, wergeld
13. (obsolete) cap, hat
14. (obsolete) person with a big head
15. (obsolete) headquarters; capital
16. murder
17. chapter of a written work
18. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
19. head; Further details are uncertain.

Hyphenated as

gło‧wa

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡwɔ.va/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish głowa.

Sentences

" Serce biło mu jak młotem, głowa pałała."

"His heart was beating like a hammer, his head was burning."

Emil był tak mały , że poręcz fotela sięgała dużo wyżej niż jego głowa .

Emil was so small that the armrest of the chair reached much higher than his head.

A pies oparł się łapami o poręcz i głowa mu podskakiwała.

And the dog leaned his paws on the handrail and his head jumped.