конотоп

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic коното́пъ (konotópŭ), from Proto-Slavic *konotòpъ (“swamp in which the horse drowned”).[1] Cognate with dialectal Belarusian канато́п (kanatóp, “swamp, bog, marsh”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kənɐˈtop]

Noun

коното́п • (konotóp) m inan (genitive коното́па, nominative plural коното́пы, genitive plural коното́пов)

  1. swampy, boggy, impassable area
  2. hinterland, backwoods, province
Declension
Derived terms
  • коното́пки pl (konotópki, “knitted slippers for the deceased”)[2]

Further reading

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    Pospelov, Yevgeny (1998) “Конотоп”, in Ageeva, Ruf, editor, Географические названия мира. Топологический словарь [Geographic Names of the World. Toponymic Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: ACT, Астрель, →ISBN
  • Елистратов, В. С. (2002) “коното́п”, in Словарь русского арго (материалы 1980–1990 гг.) [Dictionary of the Russian Argo] (in Russian), digital edition, Грамота.ру

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Slavic *konotòpъ (“plants trampled by horses”).[1] Cognate with dialectal Ukrainian коното́п (konotóp, “knotweed; red clover”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kənɐˈtop]

Noun

коното́п • (konotóp) m inan (genitive коното́па, nominative plural коното́пы, genitive plural коното́пов)

  1. (dialectal) plantain
    Synonym: подоро́жник (podoróžnik)
  2. (dialectal) knotweed
    Synonyms: спо́рыш (spóryš), горе́ц (goréc)
Declension
Derived terms
  • коното́пка (konotópka), коното́пок (konotópok), конопо́т (konopót, “plantain”), конето́п (konetóp, “grass growing along the roads”), конуто́п (konutóp, “herb with small leaves”), коното́пь (konotópʹ, “beet tops”)

Further reading

  • Журавлёв, А. Ф. (2016) “О некоторых «конских» мотивах в осетинской и восточнославянской фитонимии (названия подорожника и др.)”, in Эволюции смыслов‎ (in Russian), Москва: Издательский дом ЯСК, →ISBN, pages 419–420

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*konotopъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 193
  2. Подюков, И. А. et al., editor (2020), Словарь мортальной лексики, фразеологии и символики русских говоров Прикамья‎ (in Russian), Санкт-Петербург: Маматов, →ISBN, page 106
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