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Russian
Etymology
Uncertain; compare Bulgarian сьо́мга (sjómga).
Pronunciation
Noun
сёмга • (sjómga) f anim (genitive сёмги, nominative plural сёмги, genitive plural сёмг, diminutive сёмужка)
- salmon (the fish and the seafood)
- Synonym: лосо́сь (losósʹ)
1925, Михаил Булгаков, chapter 3, in Собачье сердце; English translation from Avril Pyman, transl., Heart of a Dog, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:На разрисованных райскими цветами тарелках с чёрной широкой каймой лежала тонкими ломтиками нарезанная сёмга, маринованные угри.- Na razrisovannyx rajskimi cvetami tarelkax s čórnoj širokoj kajmoj ležala tonkimi lomtikami narezannaja sjómga, marinovannyje ugri.
- On black-bordered plates patterned with flowers of paradise lay slivers of thinly cut smoked salmon and pickled eels.
Usage notes
сёмга refers specifically to the Atlantic salmon, which has a higher fat content and is considered superior to the Pacific salmon.
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Further reading
- сёмга in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru