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Source:*gorětiProto-Slavic · “to burn”certain

Russian горячий and Polish gorący are the old participle 'burning': the same *tj gives ч in the east and c in Polish.

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gorący

ɡɔˈrɔntsɨ

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Russian
горя́чийgorjačij
ɡɐˈrʲatɕɪjinherited
Ukrainian
гаря́чийharjačyj
ɦaˈrʲatʃɪjinherited
Polish
gorący
ɡɔˈrɔntsɨinherited
Czech
horký
ˈɦorkiːinherited
Same root, another suffix; compare hořký 'bitter'.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
vrućврућ
vrutɕdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *vьrěti 'to boil'
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