Macedonian

Noun

пол • ‎(pol) m

1. sex (colloquially/imprecisely, also "gender")
2. pole (Earth)

Inflection

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pol]

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic полъ ‎(polŭ).

Noun

пол • ‎(pol) m inan ‎(genitive по́ла, nominative plural полы́, genitive plural поло́в)

1. floor

   па́дать на́ пол‎ ― pádatʹ ná pol ― to fall to the floor

Declension

Derived terms

• полови́ца ‎(polovíca)
• полово́й ‎(polovój)

Etymology 2

Related to пол- ‎(pol-, “half”), from Old East Slavic полъ ‎(polŭ), Old Church Slavonic полъ ‎(polŭ)

Noun

пол • ‎(pol) m inan ‎(genitive по́ла, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural поло́в)

1. sex, gender

   же́нского по́ла‎ ― žénskovo póla ― female

   мужско́го по́ла‎ ― mužskóvo póla ― male

   обо́его по́ла‎ ― obójevo póla ― both sexes

   прекра́сный пол‎ ― prekrásnyj pol ― the fairer sex

Declension

Derived terms

• полово́й ‎(polovój)

See also

• род ‎(rod)
• секс ‎(sɛks)

Etymology 3

Adjective

пол • ‎(pol)

1. short masculine singular of по́лый ‎(pólyj)

Etymology 4

Noun

пол • ‎(pol) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of пола́ ‎(polá)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόλος ‎(pólos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Noun

по̑л m ‎(Latin spelling pȏl)

1. pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)

Declension

Derived terms

• поларни

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (Croatian): спо̑л

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Noun

по̑л m ‎(Latin spelling pȏl)

1. (Bosnian, Serbian) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
2. (Bosnian, Serbian) gender

Declension

Derived terms

• полни

Etymology 3

From по̏ла.

Alternative forms

• по̑

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Particle

по̑л ‎(Latin spelling pȏl)

1. half

   сат и по(л) — an hour and a half

   три и по м(ј)есеца — three and a half months