песец

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

пёс (pjos) +‎ -ец (-ec)

песе́ц • (peséc) m anim (genitive песца́, nominative plural песцы́, genitive plural песцо́в, feminine песчи́ха, relational adjective песцо́вый)

1. arctic fox, polar fox

   Synonym: поля́рная лиси́ца (poljárnaja lisíca)

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

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

1. (minced oath, slang) curtains (the end for something or someone)

   Песе́ц подкра́лся незаме́тно. ― Peséc podkrálsja nezamétno. ― The arctic fox [The demise] has snuck up on us.

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “песец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “песец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 25
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “песец”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “песец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “песец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 298
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “пёс”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 297