See also: ґей, геи, and геј

Belarusian

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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гей (hjej)

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

Noun

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɛj]
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Noun

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гей (gejm

  1. gay man, homosexual man

Declension

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Declension of гей
singular plural
indefinite гей
gej
ге́йове
géjove
definite
(subject form)
ге́ят
géjat
ге́йовете
géjovete
definite
(object form)
ге́я
géja
vocative form ге́ю
géju
ге́йове
géjove

Adjective

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гей (gej) (indeclinable)

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

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak hej, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Polish and Slovak hej and Carpathian Rusyn гей (hej).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛj]
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: гей

Interjection

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гей (hej)

  1. yes
    Antonym: нє (nje)
  2. hey!
    Synonym: ей (ej)
    гей, сушед!hej, sušed!hey, neighbour!
  3. hi!

Usage notes

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  • Where Slovak hej is only colloquial, ано (ano) is not used in Pannonian Rusyn, and гей (hej) is the standard term for "yes", regardless of formality.
  • Not to be confused with ґей (gej, gay).

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Further reading

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Russian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Austrian German hei.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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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.

Alternative forms

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  • гэй (gɛj)rare, 1991–92

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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гей (hej)

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

References

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Etymology 2

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From English gay.

Alternative forms

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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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Declension of гей
(pers j-stem masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative гей
hej
ге́ї
héji
genitive ге́я
héja
ге́їв
héjiv
dative ге́ю, ге́єві
héju, héjevi
ге́ям
héjam
accusative ге́я
héja
ге́їв
héjiv
instrumental ге́єм
héjem
ге́ями
héjamy
locative ге́ю, ге́єві, ге́ї
héju, héjevi, héji
ге́ях
héjax
vocative ге́ю
héju
ге́ї
héji

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