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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
холм • (xolm) m inan (genitive холма́, nominative plural холмы́, genitive plural холмо́в, diminutive хо́лмик)
- hill
1829, Alexander Pushkin, “На холмах Грузии ”, in Северные цветы , published 1831:
1868, Leo Tolstoy, Война и мир , том I, часть III, глава XV:Впереди́, далеко́, на то́м берегу́ тума́нного мо́ря, видне́лись выступа́ющие леси́стые холмы́, на кото́рых должна́ была́ быть неприя́тельская а́рмия, и видне́лось что́-то.- Vperedí, dalekó, na tóm beregú tumánnovo mórja, vidnélisʹ vystupájuščije lesístyje xolmý, na kotóryx dolžná bylá bytʹ neprijátelʹskaja ármija, i vidnélosʹ štó-to.
- In front, far off on the farther shore of that sea of mist, some wooded hills were discernible, and it was there the enemy probably was, for something could be descried.
Usage notes
- Accent pattern a (хо́лма, хо́лмы, хо́лмах, etc.) is found in Church Slavonic and classical poetry (cf. the Pushkin quotation above).
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