пещь

Old Church Slavonic

пещь

Alternative forms

• пешть (peštĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *péktis, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷtis, from *pekʷ-.

Noun

пещь • (peštĭ) f

1. oven, stove
   • from Vita Methodii, 0900710-0900720:

     не троужаите моѥго Меѳодиꙗ, оуже бо сѧ ѥсть ꙗко и при пещи оупотилъ.

     ne tružaite mojego Meθodija, uže bo sę jestĭ jako i pri pešti upotilŭ.

     Do not trouble my Methodius, for he is already covered with sweat as though he were next to a stove.

Declension

Declension of пещь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	пещь peštĭ	пещи pešti	пещи pešti
genitive	пещи pešti	пещью, пещию peštĭju, peštiju	пещьи, пещии peštĭi, peštii
dative	пещи pešti	пещьма peštĭma	пещьмъ peštĭmŭ
accusative	пещь peštĭ	пещи pešti	пещи pešti
instrumental	пещьѭ, пещиѭ peštĭjǫ, peštijǫ	пещьма peštĭma	пещьми peštĭmi
locative	пещи pešti	пещью, пещию peštĭju, peštiju	пещьхъ peštĭxŭ
vocative	пещи pešti	пещи pešti	пещьѥ, пещиѥ peštĭje, peštije

Descendants

• Bulgarian: пещ (pešt)
• Serbo-Croatian: пећ
• → Hungarian: pest, Pest
• → Russian: пещь (peščʹ) (obsolete)

References

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

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *peťь. Doublet of печь (pečʹ), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲeɕː]

• Audio:

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Noun

пещь • (peščʹ) f inan (genitive пе́щи, nominative plural пе́щи, genitive plural пеще́й)

1. (dated, literary) oven, furnace (especially in religious contexts)

   три о́трока в пещи́ о́гненной ― tri ótroka v peščí ógnennoj ― the three children in the fire furnace (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego)

Declension

Declension of пещь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́щь péščʹ	пе́щи péšči
genitive	пе́щи péšči	пеще́й peščéj
dative	пе́щи péšči	пеща́м peščám
accusative	пе́щь péščʹ	пе́щи péšči
instrumental	пе́щью péščʹju	пеща́ми peščámi
prepositional	пе́щи péšči	пеща́х peščáx
locative	пещи́ peščí