печень
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic печень (pečenĭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pečenь. By surface analysis, печёный (pečónyj) + -ь (-ʹ).
Cognate with Ukrainian печі́нка (pečínka), Polish pieczeń (“roast”), Czech pečenka (“roast”). Compare Lithuanian kẽpenys (“liver”), from kèpti (“bake”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
пе́чень • (péčenʹ) f inan (genitive пе́чени, nominative plural пе́чени, genitive plural пе́ченей, relational adjective печёночный, diminutive печёнка)
Declension edit
Declension of пе́чень (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of пе́чень (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “печень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress