Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis.[1] Cognate with Polish pierś (chest, breasts).

Noun edit

pìršys f pl stress pattern 1

  1. chest (of a horse)
  2. (humorous) breasts (of a woman)

Declension edit

Hypernyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “piršys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

Further reading edit