prsa

Czech

Noun

prsa

  1. nominative plural of prso

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis, from Proto-Indo-European *pérḱus. Cognates include Ossetian фарс (fars), Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎 (parašu, “rib”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pr̂sa/
  • Hyphenation: pr‧sa

Noun

pȑsa n pl (Cyrillic spelling пр̏са)

  1. (plural only, anatomy) chest
    Synonym: njȅdra
  2. (plural only) breasts
  3. idiomatic and figurative meanings
    borba prsa u prsa ― hand-to-hand combat
    kokošja prsa ― chicken breast
    tvrda prsa ― hard chest

Declension
Declension of prsa
plural
nominative pȑsa
genitive pȓsā
dative pȑsima
accusative pȑsa
vocative pȑsa
locative pȑsima
instrumental pȑsima

Derived terms

References
  • “prsa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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