верхом

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈxom]

Adverb

верхо́м • (verxóm)

  1. 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 • (vérxomm inan

  1. instrumental singular of верх (verx)

Adverb

ве́рхом • (vérxom)

  1. along the top, on high ground
  2. (colloquial) to the brim, brim-full

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋerˈxɔm]
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Adverb

верхо́м • (verxóm)

  1. on horseback

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɛrxɔm]

Noun

ве́рхом • (vérxomm inan

  1. instrumental singular of верх (verx)

Adverb

ве́рхом • (vérxom)

  1. along the top, on high ground
  2. (colloquial) to the brim, brim-full

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