изгой

See also: изгои

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic изгои (izgoi). Asynchronically analyzable as из- (iz-) +‎ го́ить (góitʹ), from Proto-Slavic *gojiti (“to heal, feed”), the latter being a causative form of жить (žitʹ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɪzˈɡoj]

Noun

изго́й • (izgój) m anim (genitive изго́я, nominative plural изго́и, genitive plural изго́ев)

outcast, outlaw, castaway, derelict

Declension

Declension of изго́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	изго́й izgój	изго́и izgói
genitive	изго́я izgója	изго́ев izgójev
dative	изго́ю izgóju	изго́ям izgójam
accusative	изго́я izgója	изго́ев izgójev
instrumental	изго́ем izgójem	изго́ями izgójami
prepositional	изго́е izgóje	изго́ях izgójax

Related terms

изго́йствовать impf (izgójstvovatʹ)

Further reading

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “изгоить”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “гоить”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.