холостой

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolstъ. Compare Old Church Slavonic хластъ (xlastŭ), Slovene hlȃst, Ukrainian хо́лост (xólost).

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Adjective

холосто́й (xolostój) (comparative (по)холосте́е or (по)холосте́й)

  1. single (not married)
    Antonym: женатый (ženatyj)
  2. idle (not working)
  3. (technical) idle, free-running
    холосто́й ходxolostój xodidling
  4. (ballistics) blank

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Declension

Noun

холосто́й (xolostójm anim or m inan (genitive холосто́го, nominative plural холосты́е, genitive plural холосты́х, feminine холоста́я)

  1. unmarried person, single person, bachelor
  2. blank (bullet)

Declension

References

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