гћлос2 voice (of a singer)

Гћлос у Марќи бІл небольшћй, нћ чќстый. Mary's voice was small, but clear.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the use of the word гћлос to refer to the voice of a singer. The word гћлос is also used to refer to the voice of someone speaking. This usage is described in a different entry. Other meanings — "one of several parts of a piece of music" (ромђнс для двџх голосћв "a romance for two voices"), "an inner command" (гћлос сћвести "the voice of conscience," гћлос рассџдка "the voice of reason"), "vote," etc. — are not described in this dictionary.

Morphology

гћлос SE Part. -у, NPlur. -ђ; m.in.noun
NB Irregular in the phrases с гћлоса [or с гћлосу].

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose voice it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Гћлос певќцы поражђл своќм диапазћном. The range of the singer's voice was amazing.
Мнљ нрђвится её гћлос. I like her voice.
NB When the word гћлос functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction гћлос у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Гћлос у Марќи бІл небольшћй, нћ чќстый. Mary's voice was small, but clear.

Lexical Relationships

Diminutives

голосћк; голосћчек; голосќшко Derogatory, unless referring to a child's voice voice

Augmentatives

голосќще Colloquial; голосќна Colloquial voice

Syntactic derivatives

голосовћй vocal
голосовІе свїзки vocal chords
-голћсый -voiced
звонкоголћсый having a resonant voice
Types of voices

Female voices

ђльт alto
контрђльто contralto
сопрђно soprano
мѓццо-сопрђно mezzo-soprano
колоратџрное сопрђно coloratura soprano

Male voices

бђс bass
баритћн baritone
тљнор tenor

Children's voices

ђльт alto
дискђнт treble

Loudness

грћмкий гћлос a loud voice
негрћмкий гћлос a quiet voice
тќхий гћлос a soft voice
вполгћлоса sotto voce; quietly
Онђ пљла вполгћлоса, чтћбы не разбудќть детљй. She sang quietly so as not to wake the children.

Pitch

диапазћн гћлосаg range of the voice
высћкий гћлос a high voice
нќзкий гћлос a low voice
пускђть/пустќть петухђa Colloquial to screech
NB The phrase пускђть петухђ, above, describes involuntarily making a squeaky noise while talking or singing:
От волнљния Пљтя вдрџг пустќл петухђ и ћчень смутќлся. Petya's voice suddenly cracked from nervousness, and he got very embarrassed.

Timbre and coloring

приїтный тљмбр гћлосаg a voice with a pleasant timbre
неприїтный тљмбр гћлосаg a voice with an unpleasant timbre
груднћй гћлос a sonorous voice
бђрхатный гћлос a velvety voice
рљзкий гћлос a grating voice
мїгкий гћлос a soft voice
дребезжђщий гћлос an unsteady voice
NB The phrase дребезжђщий гћлос, above, describes an unpleasant, shaky voice of an old person who is not entirely in command of his/her voice.
звћнкий гћлос a high, ringing voice
звонкоголћсый having a resonant voice
чќстый гћлос a clear voice
Потћм пљли дљти, чќстыми звћнкими голосђми. Then the children sang in clear, ringing voices.
хрќплый гћлос a husky voice
У певќцы бІл нќзкий хрќплый гћлос. The singer had a low, husky voice.

Strength

сќльный гћлос a strong voice
слђбый гћлос a feeble voice
небольшћй гћлос a small voice
крљпнуть/окрљпнуть: у Ng гћлосn окрљп N's voice has grown stronger
напрягђть/напрїчь гћлосa to exert one's voice, e.g. to speak or sing with some force

Aesthetics

хорћший гћлос a good voice
красќвый гћлос a beautiful voice
прекрђсный гћлос a gorgeous voice
замечђтельный гћлос a remarkable voice
удивќтельный гћлос an amazing voice
приїтный гћлос a pleasant voice
плохћй гћлос a bad voice
неприїтный гћлос an unpleasant voice

Characteristics of age and sex

дљтский гћлос a child's voice; a childish voice
мальчќшеский гћлос a boyish voice
єношеский гћлос an adolescent's voice; a youthful voice
дљвичий гћлос a girl's voice; a girlish voice
жљнский гћлос a womanly voice; a woman's voice; a female voice
мужскћй гћлос a masculine voice; a man's voice; a male voice
молодћй гћлос a youthful voice
стђрческий гћлос an old person's voice

Singing and hearing

пљть/запљть [Pf-begin] to sing
у Ng љсть гћлосn N has a voice
у Ng нљт гћлосаg N doesn't have a voice
владљть [no Pf.] гћлосомi to have control of one's voice
бІть [no Pf.] в гћлосеp to be in good voice
Нљт, нљт, ї не бџду пљть. Сегћдня ї не в гћлосе. No, no, I won't sing. I'm not in good voice today.
стђвить/постђвить Nd гћлосa to coach N (in singing)
NB The phrase стђвить N гћлос, above, describes the professional teaching of voice control.
раздавђться/раздђться: раздђлся гћлосn Ng;
слІшаться/послІшаться: послІшался гћлосn Ng;
доносќться/донестќсь: донёсся гћлосn Ng 		N's voice was heard

Losing one's voice

лишќться [no Impf.] гћлосаg;
терїть/потерїть гћлосa 		to lose one's voice
NB With терїть гћлос the adverb постепљнно "gradually" can be used, but with лишќться гћлоса it cannot.
пропадђть/пропђсть: у Ng гћлосn пропђл N lost his voice
Пћсле болљзни у негћ пропђл гћлос. He lost his voice after his illness.
садќться/сљсть: у Ng гћлосn сљл N's voice has become hoarse and weak
NB The phrase у N гћлос сљл, above, describes a voice hoarse from exertion, overuse, a cold, etc.
Пришлћсь отменќть концљрт: у певцђ сљл гћлос. The concert had to be postponed: the singer had lost his voice.
срывђть/сорвђть гћлосa to strain one's voice

Sample texts

Гћлос Кћсти, высћкий, металлќческий тљнор, дрожђл, рыдђя, и замирђл в тоскљ, но прљжде чем ћн прерывђлся, раздавђлось густће контрђльто Тђни. [М. Гћрький «Тоскђ»] Kostya's voice, a high, metallic tenor, shook and wept, faded away in melancholy. But before it stopped, Tanya's rich contralto rang out. [M. Gorki, "Melancholy"]
Слђбым стђрческим гћлосом онђ тянџла нараспљв... [Г. Газдђнов, НочнІе дорћги] In the weak voice of an old lady she drawled in a sing-song voice... [G. Gazdanov, Night Roads]
... вќжу џличных певцћв, ежеднљвно тудђ приходќвших, и слІшу ќх дребезжђщие, невљрные голосђ... [Г. Газдђнов, НочнІе дорћги] ... I see the street singers who used to come there every day and I hear their unsteady, off-key voices... [G. Gazdanov, Night Roads]