летопись

Russian

Etymology

Back-formation from летопи́сец (letopísec, chronicler, annalist) (per Shansky and Zhuravlev). For the initial stress, compare жи́вопись (žívopisʹ), на́дпись (nádpisʹ), по́дпись (pódpisʹ), за́пись (zápisʹ), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲetəpʲɪsʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

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

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

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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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