гай

See also: гаи, гај, ГАИ, and Appendix:Variations of "hai"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gajь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣaj]

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Noun

гай • (haj) m inan (genitive га́ю, nominative plural гаі́, genitive plural гаёў)

1. grove (a medium sized collection of trees)

Declension

Declension of гай (inan soft masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	гай haj	гаі́ haí
genitive	га́ю háju	гаёў hajóŭ
dative	га́ю háju	гая́м hajám
accusative	гай haj	гаі́ haí
instrumental	га́ем hájem	гая́мі hajámi
locative	га́і hái	гая́х hajáx
count form	—	га́і1 hái1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

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

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaj]

• Audio

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Noun

гай • (gaj) m inan (genitive га́я, nominative plural гаи́, genitive plural гаёв)

1. (dialectal, Ukraine, Southern Russia) small grove

   Synonym: ро́ща (róšča)

Declension

Declension of гай (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	га́й gáj	гаи́ gaí
genitive	га́я gája	гаёв gajóv
dative	га́ю gáju	гая́м gajám
accusative	га́й gáj	гаи́ gaí
instrumental	га́ем gájem	гая́ми gajámi
prepositional	га́е gáje	гая́х gajáx
locative	в гаю́ v gajú

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦai̯]

• Audio

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Noun

гай • (haj) m inan (genitive га́ю, nominative plural гаї́, genitive plural гаї́в)

1. grove (a medium sized collection of trees)

Declension

Declension of гай (inan j-stem masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	гай haj	гаї́ hají
genitive	га́ю háju	гаї́в hajív
dative	га́ю, га́єві háju, hájevi	гая́м hajám
accusative	гай haj	гаї́ hají
instrumental	га́єм hájem	гая́ми hajámy
locative	га́ї, гаю́ háji, hajú	гая́х hajáx
vocative	га́ю háju	гаї́ hají

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гай”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “гай”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)