тополь
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *topolь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtopəlʲ]
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Noun
то́поль • (tópolʹ) m inan (genitive то́поля, nominative plural тополя́ or то́поли*, genitive plural тополе́й or то́полей*, relational adjective тополи́ный or то́полевый or тополёвый, diminutive тополёк) (* Poetic.)
- 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
Declension of то́поль (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-c/a irreg)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | то́поль tópolʹ |
тополя́△, то́поли* topoljá△, tópoli* |
genitive | то́поля tópolja |
тополе́й, то́полей* topoléj, tópolej* |
dative | то́полю tópolju |
тополя́м, то́полям* topoljám, tópoljam* |
accusative | то́поль tópolʹ |
тополя́△, то́поли* topoljá△, tópoli* |
instrumental | то́полем tópolem |
тополя́ми, то́полями* topoljámi, tópoljami* |
prepositional | то́поле tópole |
тополя́х, то́полях* topoljáx, tópoljax* |
△ Irregular.
* Poetic.
Derived terms
Compounds:
- то́поль Фре́монта m (tópolʹ Frémonta)
- Phrases
- ля-ля́ тополя́ (lja-ljá topoljá)
Descendants
- → Ingrian: toppoli
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “тополь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Anagrams
- поло́ть (polótʹ)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɔˈpɔlʲ]
Noun
топо́ль • (topólʹ) f inan pl
- genitive plural of топо́ля (topólja)