речь

• рѣчь (rěčʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918) (noun only; not the verbal combining form -речь (-rečʹ))

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěčь (“speech”).

• IPA^(key): [rʲet͡ɕ]

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речь • (rečʹ) f inan (genitive ре́чи, nominative plural ре́чи, genitive plural рече́й, relational adjective речево́й)

1. speech, language (spoken)

   пряма́я речь ― prjamája rečʹ ― direct speech (grammar)

   ко́свенная речь ― kósvennaja rečʹ ― indirect speech (grammar)

2. discourse, talk, conversation
3. word