песня
See also: пєсна and песна
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- пе́сьня (pjésʹnja) – Taraškievica orthography
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pěsnь, adapted to the common ending -ня (-nja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʲesʲnʲa]
Noun
пе́сня • (pjésnja) f inan (genitive пе́сні, nominative plural пе́сні, genitive plural пе́сень, related 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)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | пе́сня pjésnja | пе́сні pjésni |
| genitive | пе́сні pjésni | пе́сень pjésjenʹ |
| dative | пе́сні pjésni | пе́сням pjésnjam |
| accusative | пе́сню pjésnju | пе́сні pjésni |
| instrumental | пе́сняй, пе́сняю pjésnjaj, pjésnjaju | пе́снямі pjésnjami |
| locative | пе́сні pjésni | пе́снях pjésnjax |
| count form | — | пе́сні1 pjésni1 |
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
Russian
Alternative forms
- пѣ́сня (pě́snja) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěsnь, adapted to the common ending -ня (-nja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʲesʲnʲə]
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Noun
пе́сня • (pésnja) f inan (genitive пе́сни, nominative plural пе́сни, genitive plural пе́сен, related adjective пе́сенный, diminutive пе́сенка)
- song
- Synonym: (dated or poetic) песнь (pesnʹ)
- Спе́сней по жи́зни ― S pésnej po žízni ― Not a day without a song. (motto)
- лебеди́наяпе́сня ― lebedínaja pésnja ― swan song
- до́лгаяпе́сня ― dólgaja pésnja ― long story
- ста́раяпе́сня ― stáraja pésnja ― same old story
- отде́льнаяпе́сня ― otdélʹnaja pésnja ― something special
- (colloquial) something very good
- Твоя́ но́вая маши́на — про́стопе́сня! ― Tvojá nóvaja mašína — prósto pésnja! ― Your new car really rocks!
Declension
Declension of пе́сня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | пе́сня pésnja | пе́сни pésni |
| genitive | пе́сни pésni | пе́сен pésen |
| dative | пе́сне pésne | пе́сням pésnjam |
| accusative | пе́сню pésnju | пе́сни pésni |
| instrumental | пе́сней, пе́снею pésnej, pésneju | пе́снями pésnjami |
| prepositional | пе́сне pésne | пе́снях pésnjax |
Derived terms
- песнетво́рец (pesnetvórec, “songwriter”)