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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic пирогъ (pirogŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pirogъ, probably from Proto-Slavic *pirъ + *-ogъ. Cognate with Polish pieróg, Ukrainian пиріг (pyrih).
Noun
пиро́г • (piróg) m inan (genitive пирога́, nominative plural пироги́, genitive plural пирого́в, diminutive пирожо́к)
- pie; pirog
1866, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть I, Глава V”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:Входя в харчевню, он выпил рюмку водки и съел с какою-то начинкой пирог.- Vxodja v xarčevnju, on vypil rjumku vodki i sʺjel s kakoju-to načinkoj pirog.
- Going into the tavern he drank a glass of vodka and ate a pie of some sort.
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Further reading
- пирог in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Etymology 2
Noun
пиро́г • (piróg) f inan pl
- genitive plural of пиро́га (piróga)