едома
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Russian
Etymology
Derived from Finnic, perhaps with an original meaning of “distant or high land”; compare to Karelian edäh (“far away”) + Karelian mua (“land”).
Pronunciation
Noun
е́дома • (jédoma) f inan (genitive е́домы, nominative plural е́домы, genitive plural е́дом)
- (Northern Russia) hillock, hummock, ridge, high riverbank
- (Northern Russia, collective) forest wilderness
- (Siberia, collective) yedoma (a type of permafrost in the Pleistocene-age with an ice content of 50–90% by volume)
- (Siberia) a yedoma terrace or hillock
- 2013, Е. А. Власенко, Загадки и тайны морей и океанов:
- Е́домы представля́ют собо́й небо́льшие возвы́шенности с мелкобугри́стой пове́рхностью.
- Jédomy predstavljájut sobój nebólʹšije vozvýšennosti s melkobugrístoj povérxnostʹju.
- Yedoma terraces are low hills whose surface is covered with small bumps.
Declension
Declension of е́дома (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)