эпиталама

Russian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin epithalamium, in turn from Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion), neuter form of Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, upon) + θάλαμος (thálamos, inner chamber, wedding chamber).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪpʲɪtəɫəmə]
  • Rhymes: -mə

Noun

эпиталама́ • (epitalamáf inan (genitive эпиталамы́, nominative plural э́питаламы, genitive plural эпитала́м)

  1. epithalamium (poetic work in the nature of a panegyric on the occasion of a wedding)
  2. (Ancient Greece) epithalamium (the wedding song)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kyrgyz: эпиталама (epitalama)

References

  • Ушаков Д. Н. [Ušakov D. N., Dmitry Ushakov], editor (1935–1940), “ЭПИТАЛА’МА”, in Толковый словарь русского языка (Tolkovyj slovarʹ russkovo jazyka) [Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей