голубый

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic голѫбъ (golǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȍlǫbъ. Cognate with Russian голубо́й (golubój), Old Polish gołęby.

Adjective

голубы́й (holubýj)

  1. light blue, azure, sky blue, baby blue
    Synonym: блаки́тный (blakítnyj)
  2. ash-colored, ashy, light gray (about the color of the animal)

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: галубы́ (halubý) (dialectal)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: голубы́й (holubŷ́j)
  • Ukrainian: голуби́й (holubýj)

See also

Colors in Old Ruthenian · колоры (kolory), барвы (barvy), цвѣта (cvěta) (layout · text)
     бѣлый (bělyj)      сѣрый (sěryj)      чорный (čornyj)
             червоный (červonyj), красный (krasnyj); багрѧный (bahrjanyj)              рудый (rudyj), помаранчовый (pomarančovyj); брунатный (brunatnyj), каштановый (kaštanovyj)              жовтый (žovtyj)
                          зеленый (zelenyj)             
                          голубый (holubyj), блакитный (blakitnyj)              синїй (sinij)
             фїалковый (fialkovyj)              фїалковый (fialkovyj); багрѧный (bahrjanyj)              румѧный (rumjanyj)

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “голубый”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 11
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “голубый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 51