тополь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *topolь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtopəlʲ]
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Noun

то́поль • (tópolʹm inan (genitive то́поля, nominative plural тополя́ or то́поли*, genitive plural тополе́й or то́полей*, relational adjective тополи́ный or то́полевый or тополёвый, diminutive тополёк) (* Poetic.)

  1. poplar, cottonwood (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus)
    • 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Страхи; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Panic Fears, 1918:
      На обра́тном пути́ огонька́ уже́ не бы́ло, но зато́ силуэ́ты изб, тополе́й и гора́, на кото́рую пришло́сь въезжа́ть, каза́лись мне одушевлё́нными.
      Na obrátnom putí ogonʹká užé ne býlo, no zató siluéty izb, topoléj i gorá, na kotóruju prišlósʹ vʺjezžátʹ, kazálisʹ mne oduševljónnymi.
      On the way back the light was not to be seen, but on the other hand the silhouettes of the huts, of the poplars, and of the hill up which I had to drive, seemed to me as though animated.

Declension

Derived terms

Compounds:

Phrases
  • ля-ля́ тополя́ (lja-ljá topoljá)

Descendants

  • Ingrian: toppoli

Further reading

Anagrams

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɔˈpɔlʲ]

Noun

топо́ль • (topólʹf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of топо́ля (topólja)