конотоп

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Russian

Etymology 1

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

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Pronunciation

Noun

коното́п (konotópm inan (genitive коното́па, nominative plural коното́пы, genitive plural коното́пов)

  1. swampy, boggy, impassable area
  2. hinterland, backwoods, province
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Further reading

part=202-5 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

коното́п (konotópm inan (genitive коното́па, nominative plural коното́пы, genitive plural коното́пов)

  1. (dialectal) plantain
    Synonym: подоро́жник (podoróžnik)
  2. (dialectal) knotweed
    Synonyms: спо́рыш (spóryš), горе́ц (goréc)
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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. 1.0 1.1 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