Питер
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Clipping of Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg). From Dutch Pieter, the petname used in reference to the Russian tsar Peter the Great, the founder of Saint Petersburg. Attested since at least 1772.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Пи́тер • (Píter) m inan (genitive Пи́тера, relational adjective пи́терский)
- (informal) Saint Petersburg
- 1835, Иван Лажечников [Ivan Lazhechnikov], “Часть вторая. Глава III. Лекарка”, in Ледяной дом; English translation from The House of Ice, (Please provide a date or year):
- — Как же тебя́ в Пи́тер принесло́? Уж не на бесо́вское ли и́грище, что твоя́ това́рка так наря́дна!
- — Kak že tebjá v Píter prinesló? Už ne na besóvskoje li ígrišče, što tvojá továrka tak narjádna!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1885, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Старость; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Old Age, 1921:
- Восемна́дцать лет тому́ наза́д, когда́ он пересели́лся в Пи́тер, на том, наприме́р, ме́сте, где тепе́рь стои́т вокза́л, мальчуга́ны лови́ли су́сликов<...>
- Vosemnádcatʹ let tomú nazád, kogdá on pereselílsja v Píter, na tom, naprimér, méste, gde tepérʹ stoít vokzál, malʹčugány lovíli súslikov<...>
- Eighteen years ago when he had moved to Petersburg the street-boys used to catch marmots, for instance, on the spot where now the station was standing<...>
- (Soviet Union, informal) Leningrad; (1914-1924) Petrograd
Declension
[edit]Declension of Пи́тер (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
[edit]- → Written Oirat: [script needed] (biiter)
See also
[edit]- Ленингра́д (Leningrád)
- Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg)
- Петрогра́д (Petrográd)
- Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (Sánkt-Peterbúrg)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Пи́тер • (Pítɛr, Píter) m anim (genitive Пи́тера, nominative plural Пи́теры, genitive plural Пи́теров)
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Peter
Declension
[edit]Declension of Пи́тер (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Пи́тер Pítɛr, Píter |
Пи́теры Pítɛry, Pítery |
genitive | Пи́тера Pítɛra, Pítera |
Пи́теров Pítɛrov, Píterov |
dative | Пи́теру Pítɛru, Píteru |
Пи́терам Pítɛram, Píteram |
accusative | Пи́тера Pítɛra, Pítera |
Пи́теров Pítɛrov, Píterov |
instrumental | Пи́тером Pítɛrom, Píterom |
Пи́терами Pítɛrami, Píterami |
prepositional | Пи́тере Pítɛre, Pítere |
Пи́терах Pítɛrax, Píterax |
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