пища

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Old Church Slavonic

пища

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *piťa.

Noun

пища (pištaf

  1. food

Declension

References

  • Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пища (pišta), from Proto-Slavic *piťa.

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Noun

пи́ща (píščaf inan (genitive пи́щи, nominative plural пи́щи, genitive plural пищ, relational adjective пищево́й)

  1. food
    Synonyms: еда́ (jedá); пита́ние (pitánije); (colloquial) жратва́ (žratvá); (colloquial) кормёжка (kormjóžka); (colloquial) хавчик (xavčik); (colloquial) харчи́ (xarčí)
    пи́ща бого́вpíšča bogóvfood of the gods
    пи́ща для размышле́нийpíšča dlja razmyšlénijfood for thought
    духо́вная пи́щаduxóvnaja píščaspiritual nourishment
Usage notes

Пи́ща differs from еда́ in that it is more formal, and can be used in figurative expressions, while еда́ generally is not.

Declension
Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пища”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Participle

пища́ (piščá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of пища́ть (piščátʹ)