письмо
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See also: пісьмо
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pisьmo. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic писмѧ (pismę, “letter (of the alphabet); writing”) (genitive писмене (pismene)).
Pronunciation
Noun
письмо́ • (pisʹmó) n inan (genitive письма́, nominative plural пи́сьма, genitive plural пи́сем, relational adjective пи́сьменный, diminutive письмецо́, pejorative письми́шко)
- letter (written communication)
- (uncountable) writing (action)
- (usually uncountable) writing system, script
- Synonyms: пи́сьменность (písʹmennostʹ), письмена́ (pisʹmená)
Declension
Declension of письмо́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d reduc)
Pre-reform declension of письмо́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d reduc)
Related terms
- писа́ть (pisátʹ)
- пи́сьменность (písʹmennostʹ)
- пи́сьменный (písʹmennyj)
- письмоно́сец (pisʹmonósec)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pisьmo.
Pronunciation
Noun
письмо́ • (pysʹmó) n inan (genitive письма́, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of письмо́ (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-d)
Related terms
- писа́ти (pysáty)
- письмена́ (pysʹmená)
- письме́нний (pysʹménnyj)
- письме́нник (pysʹménnyk)
- письме́нництво (pysʹménnyctvo)
- письме́нницький (pysʹménnycʹkyj)
- письме́нниця (pysʹménnycja)
- письме́нність (pysʹménnistʹ)
- письме́нство (pysʹménstvo)
- письмо́вий (pysʹmóvyj)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “письмо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “письмо”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “письмо”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)