Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konopь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Kulturwort of unknown ultimate origin. See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more concrete relations.

Noun

*konòpь m

  1. hemp (Cannabis sativa)

Inflection

Declension of *konòpь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *konòpь *konopì *konòpьjē, *konòpľē*
genitive *konòpi *konòpьju, *konopľu* *konopь̀jь, *konòpi*
dative *konopì *konòpьma *konopь̀mъ
accusative *konòpь *konopì *konopì
instrumental *konopь̀mь *konòpьma *konòpьmī
locative *konòpi *konòpьju, *konopľu* *konopь̀xъ
vocative *konopi *konopì *konòpьjē, *konòpľē*

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

  • *konopľę̀nъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: коноплꙗ (konoplja), конопли pl (konopli)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: konopě f
      • Czech: konopí n, dialectally konopě f
    • Polish: konop f (archaic), konopia f, konopie pl
    • Kashubian: kònop f kònopl f kònopla f kònopia f
    • Slovak: konope f
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kónopje, kónop, kónoṕ, kónopej (dialectal), kónoṕe, konopje (superseded)
      • Upper Sorbian: konop f, konoṕ, konopej

Further reading

  • Olander, Thomas (2001) “konopja konopjě”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 138)
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*konopja/*konopjě”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 188