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esker

See also: Esker and əskər

English

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An esker
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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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esker inan

  1. gratitude, thankfulness
  2. benefit
  3. merit

Declension

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Declension of esker (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive esker eskerra eskerrak eskerrok
ergative eskerrek eskerrak eskerrek eskerrok
dative eskerri eskerrari eskerrei eskerroi
genitive eskerren eskerraren eskerren eskerron
comitative eskerrekin eskerrarekin eskerrekin eskerrokin
causative eskerrengatik eskerrarengatik eskerrengatik eskerrongatik
benefactive eskerrentzat eskerrarentzat eskerrentzat eskerrontzat
instrumental eskerrez eskerraz eskerrez eskerrotaz
inessive eskerretan eskerrean eskerretan eskerrotan
locative eskerretako eskerreko eskerretako eskerrotako
allative eskerretara eskerrera eskerretara eskerrotara
terminative eskerretaraino eskerreraino eskerretaraino eskerrotaraino
directive eskerretarantz eskerrerantz eskerretarantz eskerrotarantz
destinative eskerretarako eskerrerako eskerretarako eskerrotarako
ablative eskerretatik eskerretik eskerretatik eskerrotatik
partitive eskerrik — — —
prolative eskertzat — — —

Derived terms

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Postposition

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esker (+ dative case)

  1. thanks to, owing to
    zuri esker ― thanks to you

Further reading

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  • “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

Cornish

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Etymology

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From English esker, from Irish eiscir.

Noun

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esker m (plural eskeryow)

  1. (geography) esker, a long hill of outwash formed at glacier snout

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  • “esker” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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esker m or f

  1. indefinite plural of eske

Norwegian Nynorsk

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esker f

  1. indefinite plural of eske

Spanish

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Noun

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esker m (plural eskeres)

  1. esker

Zazaki

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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esker m

  1. soldier

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