паром

Russian

Alternative forms

• паро́мъ (paróm), поро́мъ (poróm) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
• поро́м (poróm) – Alternative orthography before the 1956 orthographic codification

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pormъ. This is an instance in which the vowel reduction о (o) → а (a) is reflected in spelling: the expected spelling is поро́м (poróm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈrom]

Noun

паро́м • (paróm) m inan (genitive паро́ма, nominative plural паро́мы, genitive plural паро́мов, relational adjective паро́мный)

1. ferry

Declension

Declension of паро́м (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	паро́м paróm	паро́мы parómy
genitive	паро́ма paróma	паро́мов parómov
dative	паро́му parómu	паро́мам parómam
accusative	паро́м paróm	паро́мы parómy
instrumental	паро́мом parómom	паро́мами parómami
prepositional	паро́ме paróme	паро́мах parómax

Descendants

• → Yiddish: פּאַראָם (parom)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparəm]

Noun

па́ром • (párom) m inan

1. instrumental singular of пар (par)