летопись

Russian

Etymology

Back-formation from летописец (letopisec, “chronicler; chronicle”), from лето (leto, “year”) +‎ писать (pisatʹ, “write”) +‎ -ец (-ec), calque of Ancient Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos) [Šanskij].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲetəpʲɪsʲ]
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Noun

ле́топись • (létopisʹ) f inan (genitive ле́тописи, nominative plural ле́тописи, genitive plural ле́тописей)

  1. annals, chronicle, record, fasti (a relation of events)

Declension

Declension of ле́топись (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ле́топись
létopisʹ		 ле́тописи
létopisi
genitive ле́тописи
létopisi		 ле́тописей
létopisej
dative ле́тописи
létopisi		 ле́тописям
létopisjam
accusative ле́топись
létopisʹ		 ле́тописи
létopisi
instrumental ле́тописью
létopisʹju		 ле́тописями
létopisjami
prepositional ле́тописи
létopisi		 ле́тописях
létopisjax

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References

  • Šanskij N. M., Žuravlev A. F., editors (2007), “летопись”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 10, Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 87
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