prsia

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with Slovene prsi (“breast”), Serbo-Croatian пр̏са/pȑsa (“breast”), Russian перси (persi). Non-Slavic cognates include Ossetian фарс (fars, “flank”), Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎‎ (parašu, “rib”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpr̩si̯a/

Noun

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

(plural only, anatomy) breast
(plural only, anatomy) chest

Declension

Declension of prsia

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

Synonyms

(chest): hruď f

Derived terms

prsný
prská n pl, prsičká n pl

References

prsia in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk