конотопъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *konotòpъ (swamp in which the horse drowned).[1] Equivalent to конь (konĭ, horse) + -о- (-o-) + топити (topiti, to drown) + ().

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kɔnɔˈtɔpʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kɔnɔˈtɔpʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kɔnɔˈtɔːp/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧но‧то‧пъ

Noun

коното́пъ (konotópŭ) m (genitive коното́па (konotópa))

  1. swampy, boggy, impassable area

Descendants

  • Belarusian: канато́п (kanatóp, swamp, bog, marsh) (dialectal)
  • Russian: коното́п (konotóp, swampy, boggy, impassable area; hinterland, backwoods, province)[2][3]

Further reading

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), *konotopъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 193
  2. Поспелов, Е. М. (2002), Коното́п”, in Агеева, Р. А., editor, Географические названия мира. Топонимический словарь (in Russian), 2nd edition, Москва: Русские словари, Астрель, АСТ, →ISBN, page 213
  3. Елистратов, В. С. (2002), коното́п”, in Словарь русского арго (материалы 1980–1990 гг.) [Dictionary of the Russian Argo] (in Russian), digital edition, Грамота.ру

Russian

Noun

коното́пъ (konotóp) m inan (genitive коното́па, nominative plural коното́пы, genitive plural коното́повъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of коното́п (konotóp).

Declension

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