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верхом

/[vʲɪrˈxom] | [ˈvʲerxəm] | [vʲɪrˈxom]/
Russianadvnoun

Grammatical form

верхом is the instrumental singular form of верх — “top, upper part, roof, dome, height.

See the full entry for верх

Definitions

  1. 1.
    on horseback
    • — Maman, maman, — вскрича́ла, вбега́я в ко́мнату, смазли́вая де́вочка лет оди́ннадцати, — к нам Влади́мир Никола́ич верхо́м е́дет!

      — Maman, maman, — vskričála, vbegája v kómnatu, smazlívaja dévočka let odínnadcati, — k nam Vladímir Nikoláič verxóm jédet!"Maman, maman," cried a pretty little girl of eleven running into the room, "Vladimir Nikolaitch is coming on horseback!"

  2. 2.
    along the top, on high ground
  3. 3.
    colloquialto the brim, brim-full

No etymology recorded for this word.

Forms

  • верхо́мcanonical
  • verxómromanization
  • ве́рхомcanonical
  • vérxomromanization

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