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Russian
Etymology
Dialectally vocalized also коно́пля, which is probably the original stress of Proto-Slavic *konopľa (“hemp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
конопля́ • (konopljá) f inan (genitive конопли́, nominative plural конопли́, genitive plural конопле́й)
- (botany) cannabis, hemp
1869, Салтыков-Щедрин, Повесть о том, как один мужик двух генералов прокормил; English translation from How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials, New York: Modern Library, 1925:Набрал сейчас мужичина дикой конопли, размочил в воде, поколотил, помял — и к вечеру верёвка была готова.- Nabral sejčas mužičina dikoj konopli, razmočil v vode, pokolotil, pomjal — i k večeru verjóvka byla gotova.
- The Muzhik gathered wild hemp stalks, laid them in water, beat them and broke them, and toward evening a good stout cord was ready.
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