хоромы
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic хоромъ (xoromŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xormъ. Doublet of храм (xram), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
Noun
хоро́мы • (xorómy) f inan pl (genitive хоро́м, plural only)
- (historical) a large wooden house in traditional Russian architecture, especially if composed of separate heated sections connected by unheated walkways and halls
- 1862, Алексей Константинович Толстой , “Глава 8. Пир”, in Князь Серебряный; English translation from Prince Serebrenni, (Please provide a date or year):
- Выраже́ние лица́ его́ соверше́нно измени́лось. Так изменя́ется зда́ние по́сле пожа́ра. Ещё́ стоя́т хоро́мы, но украше́ния упа́ли, мра́чные о́кна глядя́т злове́щим взо́ром, и в пусты́х поко́ях посели́лось недо́брое.
- Vyražénije licá jevó soveršénno izmenílosʹ. Tak izmenjájetsja zdánije pósle požára. Ješčó stoját xorómy, no ukrašénija upáli, mráčnyje ókna gljadját zlovéščim vzórom, i v pustýx pokójax poselílosʹ nedóbroje.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (dated or figuratively) mansion, palace
Declension
Declension of хоро́мы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Descendants
- → Ingrian: horoma
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хоромы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress