писмѧ

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See also: писма

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pisьmo.

Noun

писмѧ (pismęn

  1. letter (grapheme)
    • from О писменехь:
      прѣжде сего еллини не и҆мѣхѫ свои҅мъ ѫ҆зыкомъ писменⸯ, нѫ финичьмскыми пи́смены писахѫ своѫ рѣчь.
      prěžde sego ellini ne iměxǫ svhoimŭ ǫzykomŭ pismenⸯ, nǫ finičĭmskymi písmeny pisaxǫ svoǫ rěčĭ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • from О писменехь:
      ст҃ыи кꙍстаннти́нъ философъ нарицаемыи ки́рилъ. тъ̏ намь писмена створи и҆ книгы прѣложи.
      st:yi kostanntínŭ filosofŭ naricajemyi kírilŭ. tŭ̏ namĭ pismena stvori i knigy prěloži.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. writing
    • from Vita Constantini, 1300310-1300330:
      на нѥм же соуть писмена жидовꙿскꙑ и самарѣнꙿскꙑ гранꙑ написанꙑ, ихꙿже не можаше никтоже ни прочисти ни сказати.
      On it were inscribed words in Hebrew and Samaritan letters which none were able to read or explain.

Declension

Declension of писмѧ (n-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative писмѧ
pismę
писменѣ
pismeně
писмена
pismena
genitive писмене
pismene
писменоу
pismenu
писменъ
pismenŭ
dative писмени
pismeni
писменьма
pismenĭma
писменьмъ
pismenĭmŭ
accusative писмѧ
pismę
писменѣ
pismeně
писмена
pismena
instrumental писменьмь
pismenĭmĭ
писменьма
pismenĭma
писменꙑ
pismeny
locative писмене
pismene
писменоу
pismenu
писменьхъ
pismenĭxŭ
vocative писмѧ
pismę
писменѣ
pismeně
писмена
pismena

Descendants

  • Serbo-Croatian: pisme