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полый

/[ˈpoɫɨj]/
Russianadj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    hollow
  2. 2.
    spilling over after spring ice breakup (of water or a river)
  3. 3.
    datedregionalnaked

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • по́лость
  • полынья́
Synonyms
  • пусто́й

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ, “open from above, uncovered”), attested in a 14th-c. birchbark letter (No. 59) in "полои води" 'floodwaters.GEN.SG' (cf. Russian половодье (polovodʹje)). Modern meaning attested since 1636. Related to Proto-Slavic *poľe (“field”) and *polnъ (“flat, smooth, plain”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Forms

  • по́лыйcanonical
  • pólyjromanization
  • по́лыйmasculine • nominative
  • по́лоеneuter • nominative
  • по́лаяfeminine • nominative
  • по́логоgenitive • masculine • neuter
  • по́лойfeminine • genitive
  • по́ломуdative • masculine • neuter
  • по́лойdative • feminine
  • по́логоaccusative • animate • masculine
  • по́лоеaccusative • neuter
  • по́луюaccusative • feminine
  • по́лыйaccusative • inanimate • masculine
  • по́лымinstrumental • masculine • neuter
  • по́лойfeminine • instrumental
  • по́лоюfeminine • instrumental
  • по́ломmasculine • neuter • prepositional
  • по́лойfeminine • prepositional
  • полmasculine • short-form
  • по́лоneuter • short-form
  • по́лаfeminine • short-form
  • по́лыplural • short-form
Nominative
Singular
Plural
по́лые
Genitive
Singular
Plural
по́лых
Dative
Singular
Plural
по́лым
Accusative
Singular
Plural
по́лых, по́лые
Instrumental
Singular
Plural
по́лыми
Prepositional
Singular
Plural
по́лых

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