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)
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб, 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.
  2. poor, miserable

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