Many words eventually leave the active vocabulary and gradually move into the category of obsolete vocabulary. So it happened with the word naked. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was still actively used. Nowadays, not everyone knows its meaning. Let's deal with him.
What is nude?
The word naked is common Slavic (the emphasis falls on the second syllable) means naked, undressed, naked, not covered by clothes, undressed. There are words with similar roots in many languages of the Slavic group, as well as in German nackt, which means naked, without clothes. Some scholars associate its etymology with the ancient Indian word [nagas], meaning snake, elephant. Originally it meant "without wool". Not all language researchers are of this opinion, many consider this relationship doubtful.
It's not that simple
The selection of synonyms will help clarify the meaning of the word naked. The synonymic dictionary offers the following options: naked, naked, not covered by clothing, such as it is, not embellished, naked, uncovered.
This word is also found in Holy Scriptureboth literally and figuratively.
Naked is a masculine adjective, feminine is naked, neuter is naked. The short form of the adjective is nag (m.r), naga (zh.r), nago (cf.r). The most commonly used form is the masculine gender, as well as synonyms naked, naked, undressed.
This word also has a figurative meaning. In literature, this word is often found when describing nature, landscapes. Surely you have come across the expression "naked branches of trees", "naked steppes".
I love the wind between the naked hills, And a kite in the sky. (M. Yu. Lermontov)
In this case, naked is leafless, desolate, devoid of vegetation.
Then went the boundless expanse of naked plains with mounds and burial grounds… (I. Bunin).
The word naked is used in a slightly different meaning - just as it is, without embellishment: this is naked truth, naked truth, naked proof.
A modern student, faced with the word "naked" in his homework, is likely to turn to the dictionary to find out its meaning. Perhaps, by drawing a parallel with the single-root noun "nudity", you can determine its meaning at the initial stage.
Words that are not used in everyday speech quickly lose their relevance for the younger generation. Reading the literature of the 18th and 19th centuries is hardly a favorite pastime of today's youth. The school curriculum is not designed to study most of the works of classical literature. It would be more correct to say that it allows you to "skim the cream" from the world or classical Russianliterature. At best, it generates interest and instills good taste.
Let's turn to the classics
In literature, this word is found quite often, especially among the classics. Almost absent in colloquial speech.
And suddenly… as light as a night shadow, white as the early snow of the hills, a naked woman comes out
and silently sat down by the shores (A. S. Pushkin).
The stylistic connotation of the word naked is more ex alted than the word naked, therefore, in poetry and prose, authors tend to use it.
Quite often it is used by writers to mean beggar, poor.
Great, I say, virtue is to dress naked beggars. (T. N. Tereshchenko)
U N. A. Nekrasov in the poem "Who Lives Well in Russia", there is even a character Yakim Nagoy - this is a forced peasant. He is poor and always hungry. His last name is a vivid artistic device, the meaning of the word naked is a symbol of the peasantry of that time.
M. Yu. Lermontov, A. S. Pushkin, F. I. Tyutcheva, A. A. Fet and other poets of the golden age of Russian literature, the word naked is found both in a figurative and literal sense. Most often, perhaps, in the description of nature.
