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sastruga or zastruga (SAS-truh-guh, sa-STROO-guh) - n., a sharp, irregular ridge in snow formed by wind.
Usually seen only in the plural form, sastrugi, and according to some sources, the Russian origin (zastrugi, grooves) is a collective without a singular form, but others give -ga as the singular form in Russian as well. (No doubt someone here knows enough of the language to shed some insight.) The initial s- comes from transmission through German.
---L.
Usually seen only in the plural form, sastrugi, and according to some sources, the Russian origin (zastrugi, grooves) is a collective without a singular form, but others give -ga as the singular form in Russian as well. (No doubt someone here knows enough of the language to shed some insight.) The initial s- comes from transmission through German.
---L.
