баснописец

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1798. ба́сня (básnja) + -о- (-o-) + писа́ть (pisátʹ) + -ец (-ec), an inexact calque of German Fabeldichter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəsnɐˈpʲisʲɪt͡s]

Noun

баснопи́сец (basnopísec) m anim (genitive баснопи́сца, nominative plural баснопи́сцы, genitive plural баснопи́сцев)

  1. fabulist (writer of fables)

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000), баснописец”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press
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