сухме́нь

nounmasculineinanimateuncountablenoun in -ь

1.
drought, dry weather, dry spell
Всё ле́то стояла сухме́нь, и трава́ вы́горела.
There was a drought all summer and the grass burnt up.
Regional and folk-poetic; the standard word is засуха.
2.
(rare) dry soil, arid land, barren waste
Кругом одна́ сухме́нь, ничего не растёт.
All around is nothing but dry barren ground where nothing grows.
Of soil or terrain parched and unfit for growing.
3.
(rare) heat, sultriness, swelter
От сухме́ни бы́ло тру́дно дыша́ть.
It was hard to breathe in the sweltering heat.
Of stifling dry air.

Examples

Из-за сухмени урожай в этом году будет плохим.
Because of the drought, the harvest will be poor this year.
Летом в этих краях часто бывает сухмень.
There is often dry weather in these parts during the summer.
Земля потрескалась от долгой сухмени.
The ground cracked from the prolonged drought.