літописець

Ukrainian

Etymology

Per Shansky and Zhuravlyov, calque of Ancient Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos, “chronicler, annalist”, literally “time-writer”), from лі́то (líto, “year”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ писа́ти (pysáty, “to write”) +‎ -ець (-ecʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲitɔˈpɪset͡sʲ]
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Noun

літопи́сець • (litopýsecʹ) m pers (genitive літопи́сця, nominative plural літопи́сці, genitive plural літопи́сців)

  1. chronicler, annalist

Declension

References

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