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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).
Pronunciation
Adjective
го́лый • (gólyj) (comparative (по)голе́е or (по)голе́й, superlative са́мый го́лый)
- 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”)
1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter V, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Передо́нов угрю́мо хохота́л, гля́дя на свою́ го́лую подру́гу.- Peredónov ugrjúmo xoxotál, gljádja na svojú góluju podrúgu.
- Peredonov laughed gruffly but boisterously as he looked at his naked companion.
- poor, miserable
Declension
Declension of го́лый (short class cʹ)
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