goły

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See also: Goly and Goły

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golъ (bald, bare).

Pronunciation

Adjective

goły

  1. bald (having no hair)
    goła głowaa bald head
  2. bare (lacking foliage, of trees etc.)
    góła góraa bald or bare mountain
  3. empty (destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense)
    gołe słowaempty words
  4. open (of the sky)
    pód gołym njebjomin 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

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɡɔɫɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɡɔɫɨ/

Adjective

goły

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. bald (without hair)
    Synonym: łysy

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: goły

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)

  1. naked, bare
    Synonym: nagi
  2. unfurnished
    Dostałem gołe mieszkanie w spadku.I inherited an unfurnished apartment.
  3. (figurative) penniless, having no money

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • goły in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • goły in Polish dictionaries at PWN