пещь

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Old Church Slavonic

пещь

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Noun

пещь (peštĭf

  1. oven, stove
    • from Vita Methodii, 0900710-0900720:
      не троужаите моѥго Меѳодиꙗ, оуже бо сѧ ѥсть ꙗко и при пещи оупотилъ.
      ne tružaite mojego Meθodija, uže bo sę jestĭ jako i pri pešti upotilŭ.
      Do not trouble my Methodius, for he is already covered with sweat as though he were next to a stove.

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Descendants

  • Bulgarian: пещ (pešt)
  • Serbo-Croatian: пећ
  • Hungarian: pest, Pest
  • Russian: пещь (peščʹ) (obsolete)

References

  • Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd

Russian

Etymology

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

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Noun

пещь (peščʹf inan (genitive пе́щи, nominative plural пе́щи, genitive plural пеще́й)

  1. (dated, literary) oven, furnace (especially in religious contexts)
    три о́трока в пещи́ о́гненнойtri ótroka v peščí ógnennojthe three children in the fire furnace (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego)

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