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едома

/[ˈjedəmə]/
Russiannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    hillock, hummock, ridge, high riverbank
  2. 2.
    forest wilderness
  3. 3.
    yedoma (a type of permafrost in the Pleistocene-age with an ice content of 50–90% by volume)
  4. 4.
    a yedoma terrace or hillock
    • Е́домы представля́ют собо́й небо́льшие возвы́шенности с мелкобугри́стой пове́рхностью.

      Jédomy predstavljájut sobój nebólʹšije vozvýšennosti s melkobugrístoj povérxnostʹju.Yedoma terraces are low hills whose surface is covered with small bumps.

Etymology

Derived from Finnic, perhaps with an original meaning of “distant or high land”; compare to Karelian edäh (“far away”) + Karelian mua (“land”).

Forms

  • е́домаcanonical • feminine • inanimate
  • jédomaromanization
  • е́домыgenitive
Nominative
Singular
е́дома
Plural
е́домы
Genitive
Singular
е́домы
Plural
е́дом
Dative
Singular
е́доме
Plural
е́домам
Accusative
Singular
е́дому
Plural
е́домы
Instrumental
Singular
е́домой, е́домою
Plural
е́домами
Prepositional
Singular
е́доме
Plural
е́домах

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