prst

See also: prsť

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech prst, from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpr̩st]

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• Rhymes: -r̩st

Noun

prst m inan

1. finger

   Strč prst skrz krk. ― stick your finger through your neck (Czech tongue-twister)

2. toe

   Synonym: prstec

Declension

Declension of prst (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	prst	prsty
genitive	prstu	prstů
dative	prstu	prstům
accusative	prst	prsty
vocative	prste	prsty
locative	prstě, prstu	prstech
instrumental	prstem	prsty

Derived terms

• náprstek m
• otisk prstu
• prstec
• prsten m
• prstenec m
• prsteníček m
• prsteník m
• prstit
• prstoklad m
• vycucat z prstu

 

Further reading

• prst in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• prst in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• prst in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpr̩st/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpr̩st/

Noun

prst m inan

1. finger

   prst ukazatedlní ― index finger

   prst prostřědní ― middle finger

   prst mězený / prstenní / prstenný / prstenový / prstenský ― ring finger

   prst malý ― little finger

   (jako) skrzě prsty hleděti ― to ignore

2. toe

Declension

Declension of prst (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	prst	prsty	prsti, prstové
genitive	prsta, prstu	prstú	prstóv
dative	prstu	prstoma	prstóm
accusative	prst	prsty	prsty
vocative	prste	prsty	prsti, prstové
locative	prstě, prstu	prstú	prstiech
instrumental	prstem	prstoma	prsty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• náprstek
• prsten
• prstenec

 

Descendants

• Czech: prst

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “prst”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̩̂st/

Noun

pȑst m (Cyrillic spelling пр̏ст)

1. finger
2. toe

Declension

Declension of prst

	singular	plural
nominative	prst	prsti
genitive	prsta	pr̀stī / pr̀stijū / pȓstā
dative	prstu	prstima
accusative	prsta	prste
vocative	prste	prsti
locative	prstu	prstima
instrumental	prstom	prstima

Related terms

• pȑstēn

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pr̩st]

Noun

prst m inan (genitive singular prstu, nominative plural prsty, genitive plural prstov, declension pattern of dub)

1. finger

   Strč prst skrz krk ― stick your finger through your throat (Slovak tongue-twister)

2. toe

Usage notes

• Slovak does not differentiate between fingers and toes. To disambiguate, one may use prst na nohe or prst na ruke.

Declension

Declension of prst

	singular	plural
nominative	prst	prsty
genitive	prstu	prstov
dative	prstu	prstom
accusative	prst	prsty
locative	prste	prstoch
instrumental	prstom	prstami

Further reading

• “prst”, 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

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə́rst/

Noun

pȓst m inan

1. finger
2. toe

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pŕst
gen. sing.	pŕsta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pŕst	pŕsta	pŕsti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pŕsta	pŕstov	pŕstov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pŕstu	pŕstoma	pŕstom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pŕst	pŕsta	pŕste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pŕstu	pŕstih	pŕstih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pŕstom	pŕstoma	pŕsti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstь, originally from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“rain, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə́rst/

Noun

pȓst f

1. earth, soil

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nominative	pŕst
genitive	prstí
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pŕst
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pŕsti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	prstjó

Synonyms

• zêmlja

Further reading

• “prst”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran