Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *gajь.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɣaj]
  • (file)

Noun edit

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

  1. grove (a medium sized collection of trees)

Declension edit

References edit

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

Russian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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

Declension edit

Ukrainian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. grove (a medium sized collection of trees)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

гай (haj)

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

References edit