гай

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

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaj]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. (dialectal) small grove

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

Synonyms

• ро́ща (róšča)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• гай:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. grove (a medium sized collection of trees)

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