писец
Russian
Alternative forms
- писе́цъ (piséc) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
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
- писец in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru