песец

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈsʲet͡s]
  • Homophone: писе́ц (piséc)

Etymology 1

пёс (pjos) +‎ -ец (-ec)

Noun
песец

песе́ц • (peséc) m anim (genitive песца́, nominative plural песцы́, genitive plural песцо́в)

  1. arctic fox, polar fox
    Synonym: поля́рная лиси́ца (poljárnaja lisíca)
Declension
Declension of песе́ц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative песе́ц
peséc		 песцы́
pescý
genitive песца́
pescá		 песцо́в
pescóv
dative песцу́
pescú		 песца́м
pescám
accusative песца́
pescá		 песцо́в
pescóv
instrumental песцо́м
pescóm		 песца́ми
pescámi
prepositional песце́
pescé		 песца́х
pescáx

Etymology 2

Euphemistic form of пизде́ц (pizdéc, a vulgar curse), influenced by the noun песе́ц (peséc, “arctic fox”).

Noun

песе́ц • (peséc) m inan (genitive песца́, nominative plural песцы́, genitive plural песцо́в)

  1. (minced oath, slang) curtains (the end for something or someone)
    Песец подкрался незаметно. ― Pesec podkralsja nezametno. ― The arctic fox [The demise] has snuck up on us.
Declension
Declension of песе́ц (inan masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative песе́ц
peséc		 песцы́
pescý
genitive песца́
pescá		 песцо́в
pescóv
dative песцу́
pescú		 песца́м
pescám
accusative песе́ц
peséc		 песцы́
pescý
instrumental песцо́м
pescóm		 песца́ми
pescámi
prepositional песце́
pescé		 песца́х
pescáx

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “песец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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