гей

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гей • (hjej)

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

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

2. (colloquial) a male homosexual; gay

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

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Borrowed from English gay.

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гей • (gej) m

1. gay man, homosexual man

гей • (gej) (indeclinable)

1. (attributively or as a prefix) gay (homosexual)

   гейклуб ― gejklub ― gay club

Inherited from Old Slovak hej, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Polish and Slovak hej and Carpathian Rusyn гей (hej).

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• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: гей

гей (hej)

1. yes

   Antonym: нє (nje)

2. hey!

   Synonym: ей (ej)

   гей, сушед! ― hej, sušed! ― hey, neighbour!

3. hi!

• Where Slovak hej is only colloquial, ано (ano) is not used in Pannonian Rusyn, and гей (hej) is the standard term for "yes", regardless of formality.
• Not to be confused with ґей (gej, “gay”).

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “гей”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “yes”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 384

Borrowed from Austrian German hei.

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гей • (gej)

1. hey!
   • 1859, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 18”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:

     Ямщи́к поверну́л к воро́там, останови́л лошаде́й; лаке́й Лавре́цкого приподня́лся на ко́злах и, как бы гото́вясь соскочи́ть, закрича́л: «Гей!».

     Jamščík povernúl k vorótam, ostanovíl lošadéj; lakéj Lavréckovo pripodnjálsja na kózlax i, kak by gotóvjasʹ soskočítʹ, zakričál: «Gej!».

     The coachman drove to the gates and drew up; Lavretsky's groom stood up on the box and as though in preparation for jumping down, shouted, "Hey!"

2. hi!
3. giddyup!

• 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

Borrowed from English gay. First attested in 1993.

• гэй (gɛj) — rare, 1991–92

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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)

• Гей on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ru

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гей • (hej)

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

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гей”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “гей1”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

From English gay.

• ґей (gej) — Not russified (preferred)

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

1. (russified) Alternative form of ґей (gej)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “гей3”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN