голый

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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).

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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

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References

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