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Russian
Etymology
From топи́ть (topítʹ, “to sink”) + -ь (-ʹ). See Proto-Slavic *topiti for more information.
Pronunciation
Noun
топь • (topʹ) f inan (genitive то́пи, nominative plural то́пи, genitive plural то́пей)
- swamp, bog, marsh
- Synonym: тряси́на (trjasína)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “топить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress