goły

See also: Goly and Goły

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golъ (“bald, bare”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔwɨ/, [ˈɡowɨ]

Adjective

goły

  1. bald (having no hair)
    goła głowa ― a bald head
  2. bare (lacking foliage, of trees etc.)
    góła góra ― a bald or bare mountain
  3. empty (destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense)
    gołe słowa ― empty words
  4. open (of the sky)
    pód gołym njebjom ― in the open air

Declension

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “goły”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ.

Adjective

goły

  1. bare, naked, nude
    Synonym: nagi
  2. bald
    Synonym: łysy

Descendants

  • Polish: goły

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-, whence English callow. Compare Russian го́лый (gólyj), German kahl, Italian calvo, Persian کل‎ (kal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.wɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔwɨ
  • Syllabification: go‧ły

Adjective

goły (comparative bardziej goły, superlative najbardziej goły, adverb goło)

  1. naked, bare
    Synonym: nagi
  2. unfurnished
    Dostałem gołe mieszkanie w spadku. ― I inherited an unfurnished apartment.
  3. penniless, having no money

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • goły in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • goły in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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