гей

See also: геи and геј

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛj]
  • (file)

Noun

гей • (gej) m

  1. gay man, homosexual man

Declension

Adjective

гей • (gej) (indeclinable)

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

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German hei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɣɛj]

Interjection

гей • (gej)

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gay. First attested in 1993.

Alternative forms

  • гэй (gɛj) rare, 1991–92

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲej]

Noun

гей • (gej) m 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)
Declension
Derived terms

See also

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦɛi̯]
  • (file)

Interjection

гей • (hej)

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

References

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