# гей
## Belarusian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɣʲej]

### Interjection

гей • (hjej)
* hey!
* hi!
* giddyup!

### Noun

гей • (hjej) m pers (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́і, genitive plural ге́яў)
* (colloquial) a male homosexual; gay

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “гей” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡɛj]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

гей • (gej) m
* gay man, homosexual man

#### Declension
### Adjective

гей • (gej) (indeclinable)
* (attributively or as a prefix) gay (homosexual)
    гейклуб ― gejklub ― gay club

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦɛj]
* Rhymes: -ɛj
* Hyphenation: гей

### Interjection

гей (hej)
* yes
    Antonym: нє (nje)
* hey!
    Synonym: ей (ej)
    гей, сушед! ― hej, sušed! ― hey, neighbour!
* hi!

#### Usage notes

* 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”).

#### Derived terms

* агей (ahej)
* агейце (ahejce)
* нагей (nahej)
* нагейце (nahejce)

### Further reading

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “гей”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “yes”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 384

## Russian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Austrian German hei.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɣɛj]

#### Interjection

гей • (gej)
* 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!"
* hi!
* giddyup!

#### References

* 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

Borrowed from English gay. First attested in 1993.

#### Alternative forms

* гэй (gɛj) — rare, 1991–92

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲej]

#### Noun

гей • (gej) m anim (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́и, genitive plural ге́ев)
* (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)

##### Derived terms

* гей-ба́р (gej-bár)
* гей-бра́к (gej-brák)
* гей-вечери́нка (gej-večerínka)
* гей-движе́ние (gej-dvižénije)
* гей-изда́ние (gej-izdánije)
* гей-клу́б (gej-klúb)
* гей-культу́ра (gej-kulʹtúra)
* гей-пара́д (gej-parád)
* гей-по́рно (gej-pórno)
* гей-пропага́нда (gej-propagánda)
* гей-соо́бщество (gej-soóbščestvo)
* гей-фестива́ль (gej-festiválʹ)
* гей-эсте́тика (gej-estɛ́tika)
* ге́йский (géjskij)
* еврогеец (jevrogejec)

### See also

* Гей on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ru}$

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɦɛi̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Interjection

гей • (hej)
* hey!
* hi!
* giddyup!

#### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гей”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “гей1”, 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

### Etymology 2

From English gay.

#### Alternative forms

* ґей (gej)

#### Noun

гей • (hej) m pers (genitive ге́я, nominative plural ге́ї, genitive plural ге́їв)
* gay, homosexual

##### Declension
#### References

* 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