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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
Noun
ле́топись • (létopisʹ) f inan (genitive ле́тописи, nominative plural ле́тописи, genitive plural ле́тописей, relational adjective летопи́сный)
- annals, chronicle, record, fasti (a relation of events)
- Synonyms: анна́лы (annály), хро́ника (xrónika)
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References
- Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “летопись”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 87