prsa
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (colloquial): pȑsi
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with Russian перси (persi, “breast”), Slovak prs, prsia (“bosom”). Non-Slavic cognates include Ossetian фарс (fars, “flank”), Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎 (parašu, “rib”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr̂sa/
- Hyphenation: pr‧sa
Noun
pȑsa n pl (Cyrillic spelling пр̏са)
- (plural only, anatomy) chest
- (plural only) breasts
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- borba prsa u prsa ― hand-to-hand combat
- kokošja prsa ― chicken breast
- tvrda prsa ― hard chest
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Declension
Declension of prsa
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | pȑsa |
| genitive | pȓsā |
| dative | pȑsima |
| accusative | pȑsa |
| vocative | pȑsa |
| locative | pȑsima |
| instrumental | pȑsima |
Synonyms
- (chest): njȅdra
Derived terms
References
- “prsa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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