персть

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пьрсть (pĭrstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrstь (dust, soil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲers⁽ʲ⁾tʲ]

Noun

персть • (perstʹ) f inan (genitive пе́рсти, nominative plural пе́рсти, genitive plural пе́рстей)

  1. (archaic) dust

Declension

Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pers-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “персть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пьрсть (pĭrstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrstь (dust, soil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛrsʲtʲ]

Noun

персть • (perstʹ) f inan (genitive пе́рсті or пе́рсти, nominative plural пе́рсті, genitive plural пе́рстей)

  1. (archaic) soil, earth

Declension

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “персть”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
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