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Russian
Etymology
From ям (jam) + -ско́й (-skój).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ямско́й • (jamskój)
- (relational, historical) postal horses, carriage
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 15”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:День стоя́л све́тлый и не сли́шком жа́ркий, и ямски́е сы́тые лоша́дки дру́жно бежа́ли, слегка́ пома́хивая свои́ми закру́ченными и заплетёнными хвоста́ми.- Denʹ stojál svétlyj i ne slíškom žárkij, i jamskíje sýtyje lošádki drúžno bežáli, slexká pomáxivaja svoími zakrúčennymi i zapletjónnymi xvostámi.
- The day was bright and not too hot, and the plump post horses trotted smartly along, flicking their tied and plaited tails.
Declension
Declension of ямско́й (no short forms)
- ям (jam), ямщи́к (jamščík), ямщичка (jamščička), ямщичиха (jamščičixa), ямщичество (jamščičestvo)
- ямщицкий (jamščickij), ямщичий (jamščičij), ямщико́в (jamščikóv), ямщиковский (jamščikovskij), ямщичихин (jamščičixin), ямщичкин (jamščičkin)
- ямщичить (jamščičitʹ), ямщичничать (jamščičničatʹ), ямщиковать (jamščikovatʹ)
- по-ямщицки (po-jamščicki)