гей

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See also: геи and геј

Belarusian

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Pronunciation

Interjection

гей • (hjej)

  1. hey!
  2. hi!
  3. giddyup!

Noun

гей • (hjej) m pers (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́і, genitive plural ге́яў)

  2. (colloquial) a male homosexual; gay

Declension

Declension of гей (pr soft masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative гей
hjej 		ге́і
hjéi
genitive ге́я
hjéja 		ге́яў
hjéjaŭ
dative ге́ю
hjéju 		ге́ям
hjéjam
accusative ге́я
hjéja 		ге́яў
hjéjaŭ
instrumental ге́ем
hjéjem 		ге́ямі
hjéjami
locative ге́ю
hjéju 		ге́ях
hjéjax
count form — ге́і1
hjéi1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

  • “гей” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

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Noun

гей • (gej) m

  1. gay man, homosexual man

Declension

Declension of гей
singular plural
indefinite гей
gej 		ге́йове
géjove
definite
(subject form) 		ге́ят
géjat 		ге́йовете
géjovete
definite
(object form) 		ге́я
géja
vocative form ге́ю
géju 		ге́йове
géjove

Adjective

гей • (gej) (indeclinable)

  1. (attributively or as a prefix) gay (homosexual)
    гейклуб ― gejklub ― gay club

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German hei.

Pronunciation

Interjection

гей • (gej)

  1. hey!
  2. hi!
  3. giddyup!

References

  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1972), “гей”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 4 (Г), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 45

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gay. First attested in 1993.

Alternative forms

  • гэй (gɛj) — rare, 1991–92

Pronunciation

Noun

гей • (gej) m anim (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́и, genitive plural ге́ев)

  2. (colloquial) a male homosexual; gay
    Synonyms: гомосексуа́л (gomosɛksuál); (colloquial) голубо́й (golubój), мужелю́б (muželjúb); (considered dated/derogatory by the LGBT community but in common use) гомосексуали́ст (gomosɛksualíst); (offensive) педера́ст (pederást, pedɛrást, literally “pederast”); (derogatory) го́мик (gómik), гомосе́к (gomosék); (archaic) мужело́жец (muželóžec), мужело́жник (muželóžnik), содоми́т (sodomít); (slang, derogatory, vulgar, offensive) пе́дик (pédik), педри́ла (pedríla), пи́дор (pídor), пидора́с (pidorás); (slang, Internet) а́хтунг (áxtung), педо́вка (pedóvka)
    Antonym: натура́л (naturál)
    Hyponyms: акти́в (aktív), пасси́в (passív), универса́л (universál), пету́х (petúx)
    Coordinate terms: бисексуа́л (bisɛksuál), лесбия́нка (lesbijánka)
Declension
Declension of гей (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ге́й
géj 		ге́и
géi
genitive ге́я
géja 		ге́ев
géjev
dative ге́ю
géju 		ге́ям
géjam
accusative ге́я
géja 		ге́ев
géjev
instrumental ге́ем
géjem 		ге́ями
géjami
prepositional ге́е
géje 		ге́ях
géjax
Derived terms

See also

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Interjection

гей • (hej)

  1. hey!
  2. hi!
  3. giddyup!

References

Etymology 2

From English gay.

Alternative forms

Noun

гей • (hej) m pers (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́ї, genitive plural ге́їв)

  1. gay, homosexual
Declension
Declension of гей (pers j-stem masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative гей
hej 		ге́ї
héji
genitive ге́я
héja 		ге́їв
héjiv
dative ге́ю, ге́єві
héju, héjevi 		ге́ям
héjam
accusative ге́я
héja 		ге́їв
héjiv
instrumental ге́єм
héjem 		ге́ями
héjamy
locative ге́ю, ге́єві, ге́ї
héju, héjevi, héji 		ге́ях
héjax
vocative ге́ю
héju 		ге́ї
héji

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “гей3”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
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