сёмга
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; compare Bulgarian сьо́мга (sjómga).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]сёмга • (sjómga) f anim (genitive сёмги, nominative plural сёмги, genitive plural сёмг, diminutive сёмужка)
- salmon (the fish and the seafood)
- Synonym: лосо́сь (losósʹ)
- 1925, Михаил Булгаков, chapter 3, in Собачье сердце; English translation from Avril Pyman, transl., Heart of a Dog, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
- На разрисованных райскими цветами тарелках с чёрной широкой каймой лежала тонкими ломтиками нарезанная сёмга, маринованные угри.
- Na razrisovannyx rajskimi cvetami tarelkax s čórnoj širokoj kajmoj ležala tonkimi lomtikami narezannaja sjómga, marinovannyje ugri.
- On black-bordered plates patterned with flowers of paradise lay slivers of thinly cut smoked salmon and pickled eels.
Usage notes
[edit]сёмга refers specifically to the Atlantic salmon, which has a higher fat content and is considered superior to the Pacific salmon.
Declension
[edit]Declension of сёмга (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of сёмга (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- сёмга in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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