писец

Russian
писец

Alternative forms

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)

  1. copyist, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer
Declension
Declension of писе́ц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative писе́ц
piséc		 писцы́
piscý
genitive писца́
piscá		 писцо́в
piscóv
dative писцу́
piscú		 писца́м
piscám
accusative писца́
piscá		 писцо́в
piscóv
instrumental писцо́м
piscóm		 писца́ми
piscámi
prepositional писце́
piscé		 писца́х
piscáx

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)

  1. (minced oath, slang) curtains (the end for something or someone)
    Synonyms: песе́ц (peséc), пипе́ц (pipéc)
Declension
Declension of писе́ц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative писе́ц
piséc		 писцы́
piscý
genitive писца́
piscá		 писцо́в
piscóv
dative писцу́
piscú		 писца́м
piscám
accusative писца́
piscá		 писцо́в
piscóv
instrumental писцо́м
piscóm		 писца́ми
piscámi
prepositional писце́
piscé		 писца́х
piscáx

Further reading
  • писец in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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