пещь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťь.

Noun

пещь • (peštĭ) f

1. oven

Descendants

• → Russian: пещь (peščʹ) (obsolete)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *peťь. Doublet of печь (pečʹ), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲeɕː]

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Noun

пещь • (peščʹ) f inan (genitive пе́щи, nominative plural пе́щи, genitive plural пеще́й)

1. (dated, literary) oven, furnace (especially in religious contexts)

   три о́трока в пещи́ о́гненной ― tri ótroka v peščí ógnennoj ― the three children in the fire furnace (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego)

Declension

Declension of пещь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́щь péščʹ	пе́щи péšči
genitive	пе́щи péšči	пеще́й peščéj
dative	пе́щи péšči	пеща́м peščám
accusative	пе́щь péščʹ	пе́щи péšči
instrumental	пе́щью péščʹju	пеща́ми peščámi
prepositional	пе́щи péšči	пеща́х peščáx
locative	пещи́ peščí