писец

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈsʲet͡s]
  • Homophone: песе́ц (peséc)

Etymology 1

писа́ть (pisátʹ, to write) +‎ -е́ц (-éc)

Noun

писе́ц • (pisécm anim (genitive писца́, nominative plural писцы́, genitive plural писцо́в)

  1. copyist, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer
Declension

Etymology 2

Euphemistic modification of пизде́ц (pizdéc, a vulgar curse), based on пи́сать (písatʹ, to piss).

Noun

писе́ц • (pisécm 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

Further reading

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