верхом
Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈxom]
Adverb
верхо́м • (verxóm)
- on horseback
- 1859, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава II”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:
- — 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!"
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvʲerxəm]
Noun
ве́рхом • (vérxom) m inan
- instrumental singular of верх (verx)
Adverb
ве́рхом • (vérxom)
- along the top, on high ground
- (colloquial) to the brim, brim-full
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʋerˈxɔm]
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Adverb
верхо́м • (verxóm)
- on horseback
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋɛrxɔm]
Noun
ве́рхом • (vérxom) m inan
- instrumental singular of верх (verx)
Adverb
ве́рхом • (vérxom)
- along the top, on high ground
- (colloquial) to the brim, brim-full
References
- “верхом”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)