See also: геи and геј

Belarusian

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гей (hjej)

  1. hey!
  2. hi!
  3. giddyup!

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гей (hjejm pers (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́і, genitive plural ге́яў)

  1. (colloquial) a male homosexual; gay

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References

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

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gay.

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɛj]
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гей (gejm

  1. gay man, homosexual man

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Adjective

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гей (gej) (indeclinable)

  1. (attributively or as a prefix) gay (homosexual)
    гейклубgejklubgay club

Russian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Austrian German hei.

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гей (gej)

  1. hey!
    • 1859, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 18”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:
      Ямщи́к поверну́л к воро́там, останови́л лошаде́й; лаке́й Лавре́цкого приподня́лся на ко́злах и, как бы гото́вясь соскочи́ть, закрича́л: «Гей!».
      Jamščík povernúl k vorótam, ostanovíl lošadéj; lakéj Lavréckovo pripodnjálsja na kózlax i, kak by gotóvjasʹ soskočítʹ, zakričál: «Gej!».
      The coachman drove to the gates and drew up; Lavretsky's groom stood up on the box and as though in preparation for jumping down, shouted, "Hey!"
  2. hi!
  3. giddyup!

References

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  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1972), “гей”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 4 (Г), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 45

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English gay. First attested in 1993.

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  • гэй (gɛj)rare, 1991–92

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гей (gejm anim (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́и, genitive plural ге́ев)

  1. (colloquial) a male homosexual; gay
    Synonyms: гомосексуа́л (gomosɛksuál); (colloquial) голубо́й (golubój), мужелю́б (muželjúb); (considered dated/derogatory by the LGBT community but in common use) гомосексуали́ст (gomosɛksualíst); (offensive) педера́ст (pederást, pedɛrást, literally pederast); (derogatory) го́мик (gómik), гомосе́к (gomosék); (archaic) мужело́жец (muželóžec), мужело́жник (muželóžnik), содоми́т (sodomít); (slang, derogatory, vulgar, offensive) пе́дик (pédik), педри́ла (pedríla), пи́дор (pídor), пидора́с (pidorás); (slang, Internet) а́хтунг (áxtung), педо́вка (pedóvka)
    Antonym: натура́л (naturál)
    Hyponyms: акти́в (aktív), пасси́в (passív), универса́л (universál), пету́х (petúx)
    Coordinate terms: бисексуа́л (bisɛksuál), лесбия́нка (lesbijánka)
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Ukrainian

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Etymology 1

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гей (hej)

  1. hey!
  2. hi!
  3. giddyup!

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Etymology 2

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From English gay.

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Noun

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гей (hejm pers (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́ї, genitive plural ге́їв)

  1. gay, homosexual
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References

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  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “гей3”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN