им-том
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Bashkir[edit]
Healing a child with enchanted water.
Etymology[edit]
A paired term, where the first component derives from Proto-Turkic *em (“medicine, cure”), and the second from a Mongolic source (compare Mongolian дом (dom, “spell, folk medicine”)), from Proto-Mongolic *dom (“spell, divination”).
Compare to Kazakh ем-дом (em-dom, “traditional healing practices”), Southern Altai эм-том (em-tom, “medicine”), Turkmen em-dem (“traditional healing practices”), Khakas им-том (im-tom, “medicine”), Tuvan эм-таң (em-tañ, “medicine”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
им-том • (im-tom)
- (folk medicine, folk magic) the traditional practice of healing people involving incantations, rites, smoking herbs, magic use of natural substances etc.
Declension[edit]
Declension of им-том (im-tom)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | им-том (im-tom) | им-томдар (im-tomdar) |
| definite genitive | им-томдоң (im-tomdoñ) | им-томдарҙың (im-tomdarźıñ) |
| dative | им-томға (im-tomğa) | им-томдарға (im-tomdarğa) |
| definite accusative | им-томдо (im-tomdo) | им-томдарҙы (im-tomdarźı) |
| locative | им-томда (im-tomda) | им-томдарҙа (im-tomdarźa) |
| ablative | им-томдан (im-tomdan) | им-томдарҙан (im-tomdarźan) |