Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gajь.

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  • IPA(key): [ɣaj]
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Noun

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гай (hajm inan (genitive га́ю, nominative plural гаі́, genitive plural гаёў)

  1. grove (a medium sized collection of trees)

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References

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  • гай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gajь. Cognate with Ukrainian гай (haj), Serbo-Croatian гај/gaj, Slovene gaj, Slovak háj.

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гай (gajm inan (genitive га́я, nominative plural гаи́, genitive plural гаёв)

  1. (dialectal, Ukraine, Southern Russia) small grove
    Synonym: ро́ща (róšča)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *gajь. Cognate with Russian гай (gaj), Slovene gaj, Serbo-Croatian гај/gaj, Slovak háj.

Noun

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гай (hajm inan (genitive га́ю, nominative plural гаї́, genitive plural гаї́в)

  1. grove (a medium sized collection of trees)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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гай (haj)

  1. second-person singular imperative of га́яти impf (hájaty)

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