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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic горѧчии (goręčii), from Proto-Slavic *goręťь, from *gorěti. By surface analysis, горе́ть (gorétʹ, “to burn”) + -я́чий (-jáčij). Doublet of горя́щий (gorjáščij) and горю́чий (gorjúčij).
Pronunciation
Adjective
горя́чий • (gorjáčij) (comparative (по)горяче́е or (по)горяче́й, adverb горячо́, diminutive горя́ченький, augmentative горячу́щий)
- hot (having a high temperature)
- Synonyms: жа́ркий (žárkij), жгу́чий (žgúčij), обжига́ющий (obžigájuščij)
- Antonym: холо́дный (xolódnyj)
- (figuratively) ardent, passionate
- Synonyms: пы́лкий (pýlkij), стра́стный (strástnyj)
- (figuratively) heated (of a dispute)
- Synonyms: пы́лкий (pýlkij), подогре́тый (podogrétyj), разгорячённый (razgorjačónnyj)
- (figuratively) hot-tempered
- Synonym: вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj)
- (figuratively) busy (of time)
- (figuratively, slang) radioactive
- Synonym: радиоакти́вный (radioaktívnyj)
Declension
Declension of горя́чий (short class b)
Derived terms
See also
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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 562