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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *golъ (“bald, bare”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
goły
- bald (having no hair)
- goła głowa ― a bald head
- bare (lacking foliage, of trees etc.)
- góła góra ― a bald or bare mountain
- empty (destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense)
- gołe słowa ― empty words
- open (of the sky)
- pód gołym njebjom ― in the open air
Declension
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “goły”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
Adjective
goły
- bare, naked, nude (not covered)
- Synonym: nagi
De nativitate Domini - Pieśń o narodzeniu Pańskim, line 26:Gdy dzyeczyąthko gest plakalo, na goley szyemy leszalo- [Gdy dzieciątko jest płakało, na gołej ziemi leżało]
- bare; exposed
1920 [1403], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume I, number 366a:Iacom ya ne begal na Stascow dom s golim meczem- [Jakom ja nie biegał na Staszkow dom z gołym mieczem]
- bald (without hair)
- Synonym: łysy
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish goły. Compare German kahl, Italian calvo, Persian کل, and Russian го́лый (gólyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
goły (comparative bardziej goły, superlative najbardziej goły, derived adverb goło)
- naked, bare
- Synonym: nagi
- unfurnished
- Dostałem gołe mieszkanie w spadku. ― I inherited an unfurnished apartment.
- (figurative) penniless, having no money
Declension
Declension of goły (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- goły in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- goły in Polish dictionaries at PWN