esker

See also: Esker and əskər

English

An esker

Alternative forms

• eskar

Etymology

From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛskɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛskə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

esker (plural eskers)

1. A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
   • 1988, Robert Phillip Sharp, Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation‎^[1], page 149:

     Another unusual ice-contact feature is an esker, a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of glaciofluvial sand and gravel inhabiting a glaciated area. Eskers tend to follow valleys and lowlands, carefully picking a course between obstacles.

   • 1999, L. Clayton, J. W. Attig, D. M. Mickelson, “Tunnel channels formed in Wisconsin during the last glaciation”, in David M. Mickelson, John W. Attig, editors, Glacial Processes, Past and Present, page 77:

     Another objection to the tunnel-valley interpretation comes from a comparison with eskers. […] The esker rivers and the tunnel-channel rivers of Wisconsin therefore seem to have been the result of significantly different meltwater regimes.

   • 2001, Allan D. Randall, Hydrogeologic Framework of Stratified-drift Aquifers in the Glaciated Northeastern United States, US Geological Survey Paper 1415-B, page B37,

     The multiple deltas must have formed sequentially, which led Thompson (1982) to conclude that the eskers were built in successive segments.

Synonyms

• osar, asar
• os

Translations

ridge created under glacier

• Asturian: esker m
• Czech: esker m
• Dutch: esker m, smeltwaterrug m
• Estonian: oos, vallseljak
• Finnish: harju (fi)
• French: esker (fr) m
• Galician: esker m
• German: Os (de) m or n, Ås (de) m or n, Wallberg m, Esker m
• Hungarian: óz (hu)
• Irish: eiscir f
• Italian: esker m
• Norwegian: esker m, rullesteinsås m, geiterygg m, ås (no) m
• Polish: oz (pl) m
• Portuguese: esker (pt) m
• Spanish: esker (es) m
• Swedish: ås (sv) c, rullstensås (sv) c
• Welsh: esgair f
• Zazaki: quç

Anagrams

• Keres, ekers, krees, reeks, reesk, skeer

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /es̺ker/, [e̞s̺.ke̞r]

Noun

esker inan

1. gratitude, thankfulness
2. benefit
3. merit

Declension

Declension of esker (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	esker	eskerra	eskerrak
ergative	eskerrek	eskerrak	eskerrek
dative	eskerri	eskerrari	eskerrei
genitive	eskerren	eskerraren	eskerren
comitative	eskerrekin	eskerrarekin	eskerrekin
causative	eskerrengatik	eskerrarengatik	eskerrengatik
benefactive	eskerrentzat	eskerrarentzat	eskerrentzat
instrumental	eskerrez	eskerraz	eskerrez
inessive	eskerretan	eskerrean	eskerretan
locative	eskerretako	eskerreko	eskerretako
allative	eskerretara	eskerrera	eskerretara
terminative	eskerretaraino	eskerreraino	eskerretaraino
directive	eskerretarantz	eskerrerantz	eskerretarantz
destinative	eskerretarako	eskerrerako	eskerretarako
ablative	eskerretatik	eskerretik	eskerretatik
partitive	eskerrik	—	—
prolative	eskertzat	—	—

Derived terms

• eskerrik asko
• mila esker

Postposition

esker (+ dative case)

1. thanks to, owing to

   zuri esker ― thanks to you

Further reading

• “esker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “esker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

esker m or f

1. indefinite plural of eske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

esker f

1. indefinite plural of eske

Spanish

Noun

esker m (plural eskeres)

1. esker

Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”), from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛsˈkɛɾ]
• Hyphenation: es‧ker

Noun

esker

1. soldier

Derived terms

• eskeriye

See also

• espar