песен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pey-der.?

Proto-Balto-Slavic *paitei

Proto-Slavic *pěti

Proto-Indo-European *-nisder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-nisder.

Proto-Slavic *-snь

Proto-Slavic *pěsnь

Old Church Slavonic пѣснь (pěsnĭ)

Bulgarian песен

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пѣснь (pěsnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pěsnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛsɛn]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsɛn
• Syllabification^(key): пе‧сен

Noun

пе́сен • (pésen) f (relational adjective пе́сенен, diminutive пе́сничка or пе́сенчица)

1. song
2. (figuratively) spiel

Declension

Declension of пе́сен

	singular	plural
indefinite	пе́сен pésen	пе́сни pésni
definite	песента́ pesentá	пе́сните pésnite

References

• “песен”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “песен”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• “песен”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “песен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “песен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “песен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 186
• “пѣснь”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲesʲɪn]

Noun

пе́сен • (pésen) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of пе́сня (pésnja)