конотоп

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”).

Alternative forms

• коното́пъ (konotóp) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kənɐˈtop]

Noun

коното́п • (konotóp) m inan (genitive коното́па, nominative plural коното́пы, genitive plural коното́пов)

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

Declension

Declension of коното́п (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коното́п konotóp	коното́пы konotópy
genitive	коното́па konotópa	коното́пов konotópov
dative	коното́пу konotópu	коното́пам konotópam
accusative	коното́п konotóp	коното́пы konotópy
instrumental	коното́пом konotópom	коното́пами konotópami
prepositional	коното́пе konotópe	коното́пах konotópax

Derived terms

• коното́пки pl (konotópki, “knitted slippers for the deceased”)

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

• Елистратов, В. С. (2002) “коното́п”, in Словарь русского арго (материалы 1980–1990 гг.) [Dictionary of the Russian Argo] (in Russian), digital edition, Грамота.ру

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kənɐˈtop]

Noun

коното́п • (konotóp) m inan (genitive коното́па, nominative plural коното́пы, genitive plural коното́пов)

1. (dialectal) plantain

   Synonym: подоро́жник (podoróžnik)

2. (dialectal) knotweed

   Synonyms: спо́рыш (spóryš), горе́ц (goréc)

Declension

Declension of коното́п (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коното́п konotóp	коното́пы konotópy
genitive	коното́па konotópa	коното́пов konotópov
dative	коното́пу konotópu	коното́пам konotópam
accusative	коното́п konotóp	коното́пы konotópy
instrumental	коното́пом konotópom	коното́пами konotópami
prepositional	коното́пе konotópe	коното́пах konotópax

Derived terms

• коното́пка (konotópka), коното́пок (konotópok), конопо́т (konopót, “plantain”), конето́п (konetóp, “grass growing along the roads”), конуто́п (konutóp, “herb with small leaves”), коното́пь (konotópʹ, “beet tops”)

Further reading

• Журавлёв, А. Ф. (2016) “О некоторых «конских» мотивах в осетинской и восточнославянской фитонимии (названия подорожника и др.)”, in Эволюции смыслов‎^[2] (in Russian), Москва: Издательский дом ЯСК, →ISBN, pages 419–420