прса
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (colloquial): пр̏си
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: пр‧са
Noun
пр̏са n pl (Latin spelling pȑsa)
- (plural only, anatomy) chest
- (plural only) breasts
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- борба прса у прса ― hand-to-hand combat
- кокошја прса ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- тврда прса ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of прса
plural | |
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nominative | пр̏са |
genitive | пр̑са̄ |
dative | пр̏сима |
accusative | пр̏са |
vocative | пр̏са |
locative | пр̏сима |
instrumental | пр̏сима |
Synonyms
- (chest): ње̏дра
Derived terms
- по̀пр̄сје
References
- “прса” in Hrvatski jezični portal