Питер

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Etymology 1

Clipping of Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg). From Dutch Pieter, the petname used in reference to the Russian tsar Peter the Great, the founder of Saint Petersburg. Attested since at least 1772.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Пи́тер • (Píter) m inan (genitive Пи́тера, relational adjective пи́терский)

  1. (informal) Saint Petersburg
    • 1835, Иван Лажечников [Ivan Lazhechnikov], “Часть вторая. Глава III. Лекарка”, in Ледяной дом; English translation from The House of Ice, (Please provide a date or year):
      — Как же тебя́ в Пи́тер принесло́? Уж не на бесо́вское ли и́грище, что твоя́ това́рка так наря́дна!
      — Kak že tebjá v Píter prinesló? Už ne na besóvskoje li ígrišče, što tvojá továrka tak narjádna!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1885, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Старость; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Old Age, 1921:
      Восемна́дцать лет тому́ наза́д, когда́ он пересели́лся в Пи́тер, на том, наприме́р, ме́сте, где тепе́рь стои́т вокза́л, мальчуга́ны лови́ли су́сликов<...>
      Vosemnádcatʹ let tomú nazád, kogdá on pereselílsja v Píter, na tom, naprimér, méste, gde tepérʹ stoít vokzál, malʹčugány lovíli súslikov<...>
      Eighteen years ago when he had moved to Petersburg the street-boys used to catch marmots, for instance, on the spot where now the station was standing<...>
  2. (Soviet Union, informal) Leningrad; (1914-1924) Petrograd
Declension
Declension of Пи́тер (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Пи́тер
Píter
genitive Пи́тера
Pítera
dative Пи́теру
Píteru
accusative Пи́тер
Píter
instrumental Пи́тером
Píterom
prepositional Пи́тере
Pítere
Derived terms
  • → Written Oirat: (biiter)

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Peter.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Пи́тер • (Pítɛr, Píter) m anim (genitive Пи́тера, nominative plural Пи́теры, genitive plural Пи́теров)

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Peter
Declension
Declension of Пи́тер (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative Пи́тер
Pítɛr, Píter 		Пи́теры
Pítɛry, Pítery
genitive Пи́тера
Pítɛra, Pítera 		Пи́теров
Pítɛrov, Píterov
dative Пи́теру
Pítɛru, Píteru 		Пи́терам
Pítɛram, Píteram
accusative Пи́тера
Pítɛra, Pítera 		Пи́теров
Pítɛrov, Píterov
instrumental Пи́тером
Pítɛrom, Píterom 		Пи́терами
Pítɛrami, Píterami
prepositional Пи́тере
Pítɛre, Pítere 		Пи́терах
Pítɛrax, Píterax
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