топкий

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

топи́ть (topítʹ, to sink, to drown) +‎ -кий (-kij)

Adjective

то́пкий (tópkij) (comparative (по)то́пче, abstract noun то́пкость)

  1. oozy, mucky, boggy, marshy, miry, quaggy (describing wet ground or muck into which one's feet may sink)
    • 1918, А. Н. Толстой, День Петра:
      Наводне́ния смыва́ли рабо́ту, опустоша́л её пожа́р; го́лод и я́зва коси́ли наро́д, и сно́ва тяну́лись по то́пким доро́гам, по лесны́м тро́пам па́ртии ка́менщиков, дровору́бов, бочкаре́й, кожемя́к.
      Navodnénija smyváli rabótu, opustošál jejó požár; gólod i jázva kosíli naród, i snóva tjanúlisʹ po tópkim dorógam, po lesným trópam pártii kámenščikov, drovorúbov, bočkaréj, kožemják.
      Floods would wash away the construction sites, fires would devastate them, hunger and disease would ravage the workers, and so more parties of stonemasons, lumberjacks, coopers, tanners would come creeping down muck-covered roads and forest footpaths.
    • 1955, В. Т. Шаламов, Татарский мулла и чистый воздух:
      Нога́ тону́ла в то́пком мхе, и ре́дко за ле́тний день но́ги бы́ли сухи́ми.
      Nogá tonúla v tópkom mxe, i rédko za létnij denʹ nógi býli suxími.
      Feet sank in the quaggy moss, and few were the summer days when feet would be dry.
Declension

Etymology 2

топи́ть (topítʹ, to melt) +‎ -кий (-kij)

Adjective

то́пкий (tópkij) (comparative (по)то́пче)

  1. (colloquial, rare) easily meltable, having a low melting point
    Synonym: пла́вкий (plávkij)
Declension

Etymology 3

топи́ть (topítʹ, to stoke) +‎ -кий (-kij)

Adjective

то́пкий (tópkij) (comparative (по)то́пче)

  1. (colloquial, rare) hot-burning, highly suitable as fuel
    то́пкие сухи́е дрова́tópkije suxíje drovádry, hot-burning firewood
  2. (colloquial, rare) easily stoked, providing plenty of heat
Declension