esker
See also: Esker
English
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An esker
Alternative forms
- eskar
Etymology
From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛskɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛskə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
esker (plural eskers)
- 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, 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, 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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Synonyms
- osar, asar
- os
Translations
ridge created under glacier
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Anagrams
- Keres, ekers, krees, reeks, reesk, skeer
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es̺ker/, [e̞s̺.ke̞r]
Noun
esker inan
- gratitude, thankfulness
- benefit
- merit
Declension
Declension of esker (inanimate, ending in -r) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | esker | eskerra | eskerrak |
ergative | eskerrek | eskerrak | eskerrek |
dative | eskerri | eskerrari | eskerrei |
genitive | eskerren | eskerraren | eskerren |
comitative | eskerrekin | eskerrarekin | eskerrekin |
causative | eskerrengatik | eskerrarengatik | eskerrengatik |
benefactive | eskerrentzat | eskerrarentzat | eskerrentzat |
instrumental | eskerrez | eskerraz | eskerrez |
inessive | eskerretan | eskerrean | eskerretan |
locative | eskerretako | eskerreko | eskerretako |
allative | eskerretara | eskerrera | eskerretara |
terminative | eskerretaraino | eskerreraino | eskerretaraino |
directive | eskerretarantz | eskerrerantz | eskerretarantz |
destinative | eskerretarako | eskerrerako | eskerretarako |
ablative | eskerretatik | eskerretik | eskerretatik |
partitive | eskerrik | — | — |
prolative | eskertzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- eskerrik asko
- mila esker
Postposition
esker (+ dative case)
- thanks to, owing to
- zuri esker ― thanks to you
Further reading
- "esker" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “esker” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
esker m or f
- indefinite plural of eske
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
esker f
- indefinite plural of eske
Spanish
Noun
esker m (plural eskeres)
- esker
Zazaki
Etymology
From Arabic عَسْكَر (ʿaskar, “army”), from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛsˈkɛɾ]
- Hyphenation: es‧ker
Noun
esker m
- soldier
Derived terms
- eskeriye
See also
- espar