пологий

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пологꙑи (pologyi). By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ лог (log) +‎ -ий (-ij), where -ий (-ij) is a variant of -ый (-yj)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈɫoɡʲɪj]

Adjective

поло́гий • (pológij) (rare/awkward comparative (по)поло́же)

  1. gentle, gently sloping
    Synonym: отло́гий (otlógij)
    Antonym: круто́й (krutój)
    поло́гий бе́регpológij béregsloping bank/shore

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress