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Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pěsnь, adapted to the common ending -ня (-nja).
Pronunciation
Noun
пе́сня • (pjésnja) f inan (genitive пе́сні, nominative plural пе́сні, genitive plural пе́сень, relational adjective пе́сенны, diminutive пе́сенька)
- song
- Які́я вы лю́біце пе́сні? (formal) ― Jakíja vy ljúbicje pjésni? ― What kind of songs do you like?
Declension
Declension of пе́сня (inan soft fem-form accent-a reduc)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “песня” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “песня”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěsnь, adapted to the common ending -ня (-nja).
Pronunciation
Noun
пе́сня • (pésnja) f inan (genitive пе́сни, nominative plural пе́сни, genitive plural пе́сен, relational adjective пе́сенный, diminutive пе́сенка)
- song
- Synonym: (dated or poetic) песнь (pesnʹ)
- С пе́сней по жи́зни ― S pésnej po žízni ― Not a day without a song. (motto)
- лебеди́ная пе́сня ― lebedínaja pésnja ― swan song
- до́лгая пе́сня ― dólgaja pésnja ― long story
- ста́рая пе́сня ― stáraja pésnja ― same old story
- отде́льная пе́сня ― otdélʹnaja pésnja ― something special
- (colloquial) something very good, very cool
- Твоя́ но́вая маши́на — про́сто пе́сня! ― Tvojá nóvaja mašína — prósto pésnja! ― Your new car really rocks!
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) canticle
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