писец
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpisɛt͡s]
- Hyphenation: пи‧сец
Noun
писец • (pisec) m (plural писци)
- (archaic) quill
- (literary) copyist, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer (person who copied or compiled old manuscript books)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | писец (pisec) | писци (pisci) |
| definite unspecified | писецот (pisecot) | писците (piscite) |
| definite proximal | писецов (pisecov) | писциве (piscive) |
| definite distal | писецон (pisecon) | писцине (piscine) |
| vocative | писецу (pisecu) | писци (pisci) |
| count form | — | писеца (piseca) |
Further reading
- “писец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Russian
Alternative forms
- писе́цъ (piséc) — pre-1918 spelling
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʲɪˈsʲet͡s]
- Homophone: песе́ц (peséc)
Etymology 1
писа́ть (pisátʹ, “to write”) + -е́ц (-éc)
Noun
писе́ц • (piséc) m anim (genitive писца́, nominative plural писцы́, genitive plural писцо́в)
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
Euphemistic modification of пизде́ц (pizdéc, a vulgar curse), based on пи́сать (písatʹ, “to piss”).
Noun
писе́ц • (piséc) m inan (genitive писца́, nominative plural писцы́, genitive plural писцо́в)
- (minced oath, slang) curtains (the end for something or someone)
Declension
Further reading
- Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “писец”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN