голый

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (naked, bald), whence English callow. Compare Polish goły, German kahl, Italian calvo, Persian کل (kal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡoɫɨj]
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Adjective

го́лый • (gólyj) (comparative (по)голе́е or (по)голе́й, superlative са́мый го́лый)

  1. naked, nude, bare
    Synonyms: наго́й (nagój, naked), обнажённый (obnažónnyj, naked), откры́тый (otkrýtyj, open), оголённый (ogoljónnyj, naked), разде́тый (razdétyj, undressed), неприкры́тый (neprikrýtyj, naked), непокры́тый (nepokrýtyj, bare), лы́сый (lýsyj, bald)
  2. poor, miserable

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “голый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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