потопъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potopъ.

Noun

потопъ • (potopŭ) m

1. flood

Declension

Declension of потопъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	потопъ potopŭ	потопа potopa	потопи potopi
genitive	потопа potopa	потопоу potopu	потопъ potopŭ
dative	потопоу potopu	потопома potopoma	потопомъ potopomŭ
accusative	потопъ potopŭ	потопа potopa	потопꙑ potopy
instrumental	потопомъ potopomŭ	потопома potopoma	потопꙑ potopy
locative	потопѣ potopě	потопоу potopu	потопѣхъ potopěxŭ
vocative	потопе potope	потопа potopa	потопи potopi

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *potopъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic потопъ (potopŭ).

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /pɔˈtɔpʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /pɔˈtɔpʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /pɔˈtɔːp/
• Hyphenation: по‧то‧пъ

Noun

потопъ (potopŭ) m

1. flood, deluge
2. (biblical) Flood, Deluge
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 1:

     по потопѣ. первие сн҃ве ноеви раꙁдѣлиша ꙁемлю. симъ. хамъ. афетъ.

     po potopě. pervie sn:ve noevi razděliša zemlju. simŭ. xamŭ. afetŭ.

     After the Flood, the first sons of Noah divided the earth: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Declension

Declension of потопъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	потопъ potopŭ	потопа potopa	потопи potopi
Genitive	потопа potopa	потопу potopu	потопъ potopŭ
Dative	потопу potopu	потопома potopoma	потопомъ potopomŭ
Accusative	потопъ potopŭ	потопа potopa	потопꙑ potopy
Instrumental	потопъмь potopŭmĭ	потопома potopoma	потопꙑ potopy
Locative	потопѣ potopě	потопу potopu	потопѣхъ potopěxŭ
Vocative	потопе potope	потопа potopa	потопи potopi

Descendants

• Belarusian: пато́п (patóp)
• Russian: пото́п (potóp)
• Carpathian Rusyn: пото́па (potópa)
• Ukrainian: пото́п (potóp)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “потопъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1293