Вымя
Every once in a while you just want to know an obscure word in a foreign language just to show off to your friends, so today's word is вымя, which means udder. It is one of only ten nouns in modern Russian that end in -мя but are neuter. It declines like this:
| Sg | Pl | |
| Nom | вымя | вымена |
| Acc | ||
| Gen | вымени | вымён |
| Pre | выменах | |
| Dat | выменам | |
| Ins | выменем | выменами |
The udder is the part of the a cow (or goat or sheep) that houses the mammary glands and teats with which they feed their young:
| — Сколько сосков на вымени у коровы? — Четыре. |
“How many teats are on a cow's udder?” “Four.” |
| Позови ветеринара. У козы заразилось вымя. | Call the vet. The goat's udder is infected. |
| Вымя имеет хорошие вкусовые качества, хотя и не обладает высокой пищевой ценностью. (adapted from this source) | The udder has good flavor qualities, although it doesn't have high nutritive value. |
| Есть ли вымя у быков? (source) | Do bulls have an udder? |
4 comments
I have never heard the plural form for the word “вымя". I’m not sure it can be used in plural form.
Don responds: I must agree that the plural is quite uncommon. The standard references all include plural forms, so I have included them here for completeness.
12/22/11 @ 05:58
“заразилось вымя” - для меня странно звучит. “Вымя заражено” будет лучше.
11/28/11 @ 01:33
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