пьсъ

Old Church Slavonic

Пьсъ

Alternative forms

• ⱂⱐⱄⱏ (pĭsŭ) — Glagolitic
• псъ (psŭ)
• ѱъ (psŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Noun

пьсъ • (pĭsŭ) m

1. dog
2. (figurative) bad person
   • from the Life of Wenceslas:

     пси злии

     psi zlii

     Evil dogs!

Declension

Declension of пьсъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	пьсъ pĭsŭ	пьса pĭsa	пьси pĭsi
genitive	пьса pĭsa	пьсоу pĭsu	пьсъ pĭsŭ
dative	пьсоу, пьсови pĭsu, pĭsovi	пьсома pĭsoma	пьсомъ pĭsomŭ
accusative	пьсъ, пьса pĭsŭ, pĭsa	пьса pĭsa	пьсꙑ pĭsy
instrumental	пьсомъ pĭsomŭ	пьсома pĭsoma	пьсꙑ pĭsy
locative	пьсѣ pĭsě	пьсоу pĭsu	пьсѣхъ pĭsěxŭ
vocative	пьсе pĭse	пьса pĭsa	пьси pĭsi

Derived terms

• пьсии (pĭsii)
• пьсьскꙑ (pĭsĭsky)
• пьсѧ (pĭsę)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• песъ (pesŭ) (later form)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ. Attested since the 11th century.

Noun

пьсъ (pĭsŭ) m

1. dog

Declension

Declension of пьсъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	пьсъ pĭsŭ	пьса pĭsa	пьси pĭsi
genitive	пьса pĭsa	пьсу pĭsu	пьсъ pĭsŭ
dative	пьсу pĭsu	пьсома pĭsoma	пьсомъ pĭsomŭ
accusative	пьсъ pĭsŭ	пьса pĭsa	пьсꙑ pĭsy
instrumental	пьсъмь pĭsŭmĭ	пьсома pĭsoma	пьсꙑ pĭsy
locative	пьсѣ pĭsě	пьсу pĭsu	пьсѣхъ pĭsěxŭ
vocative	пьсе pĭse	пьса pĭsa	пьси pĭsi

Derived terms

• песьць (pesĭcĭ)
• псарь (psarĭ)
• пьсии (pĭsii)
• пьсцовꙑи (pĭscovyi)
• пьсьцевꙑи (pĭsĭcevyi)
• пьсьць (pĭsĭcĭ)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “пьсъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1778
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “пёс”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 25