писать

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic писати (pisati, to write; to paint), from Proto-Slavic *pьsati. Related to English paint and picture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈsatʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

писа́ть • (pisátʹ) impf (perfective написа́ть, verbal noun писа́ние)

  1. to write
  2. (literary) to paint (a painting)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from German pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissiāre, of echoic origin.

Alternative forms

  • пи́сять (písjatʹ) childish or less crude colloquial

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲisətʲ]

Verb

пи́сать • (písatʹ) impf (perfective попи́сать)

  1. to urinate, to pee, to piss
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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1972) “писать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 266
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “писать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 35
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “писати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 935
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