печень

Inherited from Old East Slavic печень (pečenĭ), synchronically analysable as печёный (pečónyj) +‎ -ь (-ʹ). Cognate with Ukrainian печі́нка (pečínka), Polish pieczeń (“roast”), Czech pečenka (“roast”). Compare Lithuanian kẽpenys (“liver”), from kèpti (“bake”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲet͡ɕɪnʲ]

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пе́чень • (péčenʹ) f inan (genitive пе́чени, nominative plural пе́чени, genitive plural пе́ченей, related adjective печёночный, diminutive печёнка)

1. liver

   рак пе́чени ― rak péčeni ― liver cancer

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “печень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress