писать

Russian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic писати (pisati, to write; to paint), from Proto-Slavic *pisati, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈsatʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

писа́ть (pisátʹ) impf (perfective написа́ть)

  1. to write
  2. (literary) to paint (a painting)
Conjugation
Derived terms

imperfective

perfective

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissiō, 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
  2. (vulgar) to be hot for, to be sexually attracted to
Conjugation
Derived terms

imperfective

perfective

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), писать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), писать”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 35
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902), писати”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 935
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