песнь
Russian
Alternative forms
- пѣснь (pěsnʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěsnь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʲesʲnʲ]
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Noun
песнь • (pesnʹ) f inan (genitive пе́сни, nominative plural пе́сни, genitive plural пе́сней, relational adjective пе́сенный, diminutive пе́сенка)
- (dated or poetic) alternative form of пе́сня (pésnja): song
- лебеди́ная пе́снь ― lebedínaja pésnʹ ― swan song
- слага́ть хвале́бную пе́снь ([with dative or в честь (v čestʹ, + genitive)]) ― slagátʹ xvalébnuju pésnʹ ― to praise, to laud (someone or something)
- Песнь Пе́сней ― Pesnʹ Pésnej ― Song of Songs
- canto