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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic печень (pečenĭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pečenь. By surface analysis, печёный (pečónyj) + -ь (-ʹ).
Cognate with Ukrainian печі́нка (pečínka), Polish pieczeń (“roast”), Czech pečenka (“roast”). Compare Lithuanian kẽpenys (“liver”), from kèpti (“bake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
пе́чень • (péčenʹ) f inan (genitive пе́чени, nominative plural пе́чени, genitive plural пе́ченей, relational adjective печёночный, diminutive печёнка)
- liver
- рак пе́чени ― rak péčeni ― liver cancer
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “печень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress