хам

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"

Lezgi

Noun

хам • (ꭓam)

1. skin, hide

Russian

Etymology

From Хам (Xam, “Ham”), referring to Ham's disrespect towards his father Noah described in Genesis 9:20–23.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xam]

Noun

хам • (xam) m anim (genitive ха́ма, nominative plural ха́мы, genitive plural ха́мов, female equivalent ха́мка, pejorative collective хамьё)

1. (derogatory) boor, cad, asshole (a сrass, impudent, rude man)

Declension

Declension of хам (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ха́м xám	ха́мы xámy
genitive	ха́ма xáma	ха́мов xámov
dative	ха́му xámu	ха́мам xámam
accusative	ха́ма xáma	ха́мов xámov
instrumental	ха́мом xámom	ха́мами xámami
prepositional	ха́ме xáme	ха́мах xámax

Derived terms

• хаме́ть impf (xamétʹ), охаме́ть pf (oxamétʹ)
• хами́ть (xamítʹ), нахами́ть pf (naxamítʹ)
• хамло́ n anim (xamló)
• хамова́тый (xamovátyj)
• ха́мский (xámskij), ха́мски (xámski), по-ха́мски (po-xámski)
• ха́мство n (xámstvo)

Related terms

• Хам m anim (Xam)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “хам”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Yakut

Etymology

Unknown.

Adverb

хам • (xam)

1. firmly, tightly