прса

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (plural only, anatomy) chest
  2. (plural only) breasts
  3. 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
nominative пр̏са
genitive пр̑са̄
dative пр̏сима
accusative пр̏са
vocative пр̏са
locative пр̏сима
instrumental пр̏сима

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Derived terms

References
  • “прса” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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