# пола
## 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: [poˈɫa]
* (dialectally) IPA: [ˈpɔɫɐ]

#### Noun

пола́ • (polá) f (diminutive поли́чка)
* skirt
    Synonym: фу́ста (fústa)
* (colloquial) lower fringe, hem of garment (e.g. shirt, gown, coat) or rug
    Synonym: до́лница (dólnica)

##### 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 [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “пола”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пола”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (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. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (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: [poˈɫa]

#### Noun

пола́ • (polá) f
* (dialectal) half (any part of bipartition), half (member of a pair)
    Synonym: полови́на (polovína)
* (dated) grammatical gender
    Synonym: род (rod)
* (by extension) wing of a double-door
* (agriculture, obsolete) division of agricultural field that is plowed in the same direction
    Synonym: и́вица (ívica)

##### Related terms

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

#### References

* “пола²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (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: [pɐˈɫa]

#### Noun

пола́ • (polá) f inan (genitive полы́, nominative plural по́лы, genitive plural пол)
* 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 хала́тNikíta tóže vstal, položíl nazád v sáxarnicu svoj obkúsannyj so vsex storón kusóček sáxaru, obtjór polóju mókroje ot póta licó i pošól nadevátʹ xalátNikita 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.

##### Related terms

* долгопо́лый (dolgopólyj)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpoɫə]

#### Adjective

по́ла • (póla)
* short feminine singular of по́лый (pólyj, “hollow; naked; spilling over after ice breakup”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpoɫə]

#### Noun

по́ла • (póla) m inan
* genitive singular of пол (pol, “floor; sex, gender”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǒːla/
* Hyphenation: по‧ла

#### Noun

по́ла f (Latin spelling póla)
* half

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pôla/
* Hyphenation: по‧ла

#### Adverb

по̏ла (Latin spelling pȍla)
* 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