| растќ [no Pf.]: у Ng вћлосыn бІстро (or мљдленно, хорошћ etc.) растџт | N's hair grows quickly (or slowly, well, etc.) |
NB The modifiers хорошћ and плћхо, which are natural in speaking about growth of hair on the head, are not normally used in speaking about body hair. This is due to a difference in attitude towards rapid growth of hair: on the head this is positive, but, for example, on a woman's legs it is not. | |
| Чљм бћльше тІ бџдешь брќть вћлосы на ногђх, тљм быстрље онќ бџдут растќ. | The more you shave the hair on your legs, the quicker it will grow back. |
| сљчься [no Pf.]: у Ng вћлосыn секџтся | N has split ends |
| плљшь | bald spot |
| плешќвый | balding, having a bald spot |
NB The above two words indicate a negative attitude. | |
| лІсина | bald spot |
| залІсины | receding hairline |
| лІсый | balding, having a bald spot |
| гћлый чљреп | bald head (lit., "naked skull") |
| ... Кузмќн, с гћлым чљрепом, зачёсанными висћчками. [Б. Зђйцев «Мћлодость — Россќя»] | ... Kuzmin, with his bald pate, with the hair combed back from the temples. [B. Zaytsev, "Russia, My Youth"] |
| лысљть/облысљть, полысљть | to go bald |
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выпадђть/вІпасть: у Ng вћлосыn выпадђют;
лљзть/вІлезти: у Ng вћлосыn лљзут Colloquial |
N's hair is falling out |
| редљть/поредљть; у N вћлосыn поредљли | N's hair has thinned |
| терїть/потерїть вћлосыa; | to lose one's hair |
| лишќться [no Impf.] волћсg | |
| оставђться/остђться без волћсg | to lose one's hair |
| безволћсый | hairless |