горячий

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic горѧчии, from Proto-Slavic *goręťь, from *gorěti. By surface analysis, горе́ть (gorétʹ, to burn) +‎ -я́чий (-jáčij). Doublet of горя́щий (gorjáščij) and горю́чий (gorjúčij).

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Adjective

горя́чий (gorjáčij) (comparative (по)горяче́е or (по)горяче́й, adverb горячо́, diminutive горя́ченький, augmentative горячу́щий)

  1. hot (having a high temperature)
    Synonyms: жа́ркий (žárkij), жгу́чий (žgúčij), обжига́ющий (obžigájuščij)
    Antonym: холо́дный (xolódnyj)
  2. (figuratively) ardent, passionate
    Synonyms: пы́лкий (pýlkij), стра́стный (strástnyj)
  3. (figuratively) heated (of a dispute)
    Synonyms: пы́лкий (pýlkij), подогре́тый (podogrétyj), разгорячённый (razgorjačónnyj)
  4. (figuratively) hot-tempered
    Synonym: вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj)
  5. (figuratively) busy (of time)
  6. (figuratively, slang) radioactive
    Synonym: радиоакти́вный (radioaktívnyj)

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References

  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “горячий”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “горяѧчии”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 562