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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Via Azerbaijani bəng + -ка́ (-ká), from Persian بنگ (bang, “hemp, haschich”).
Noun
пенька́ • (penʹká) f inan (genitive пеньки́, uncountable, relational adjective пенько́вый)
- hemp fibre (for making into cloth or rope)
1842, Николай Гоголь , “Том I, Глава III”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls—A Poem, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:— Пра́во, я всё не приберу́, как мне быть; лу́чше я вам пеньку́ прода́м.
— Да что ж пенька́? Поми́луйте, я вас прошу́ совсе́м о друго́м, а вы мне пеньку́ суёте! Пенька́ пенько́ю, в друго́й раз прие́ду, заберу́ и пеньку́. Так как же, Наста́сья Петро́вна?- — Právo, ja vsjo ne priberú, kak mne bytʹ; lúčše ja vam penʹkú prodám.
— Da što ž penʹká? Pomílujte, ja vas prošú sovsém o drugóm, a vy mne penʹkú sujóte! Penʹká penʹkóju, v drugój raz prijédu, zaberú i penʹkú. Tak kak že, Nastásʹja Petróvna? - 'I really can't make up my mind what to do; I had really better sell you my hemp.'
'Hemp! Upon my soul, I asked you about something quite different and you foist hemp upon me. Hemp is hemp, another time I'll come and take your hemp, too. So how is it to be, Nastasya Petrovna?'
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Etymology 2
Noun
пенька́ • (penʹká) m inan
- genitive singular of пенёк (penjók)