prsia

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis, from Proto-Indo-European *pérḱus. Cognates include Ossetian фарс (fars), Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎 (parašu, “rib”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpr̩si̯a/

Noun

prsia n pl (genitive plural pŕs, declension pattern of srdce)

1. (plural only, anatomy) breast
2. (plural only, anatomy) chest

   Synonym: hruď f

Declension

Declension of prsia

	plurale tantum
nominative	prsia
genitive	pŕs
dative	prsiam
accusative	prsia
locative	prsiach
instrumental	prsami

Derived terms

• prsný
• prská n pl, prsičká n pl

References

• “prsia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024