Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrsь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis. Cognate with Lithuanian pìršys (“chest (of a horse)”). Further etymology unknown; the connection with Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu, “rib”) (Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎‎ (parašu, “rib”), Ossetian фарс (fars, “flank”)) must be discarded, according to Derksen.

Noun

*pь̀rsь f

chest, breast

Declension

Declension of *pь̀rsь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pь̀rsь	*pьrsi	*pьrsi
Accusative	*pь̀rsь	*pьrsi	*pьrsi
Genitive	*pьrsi	pьrsьju, pьršu^*	pьrsьjь, pьrsi^*
Locative	*pьrsi	pьrsьju, pьršu^*	*pьrsьxъ
Dative	*pьrsi	*pьrsьma	*pьrsьmъ
Instrumental	pьrsьjǫ, pьršǫ^*	*pьrsьma	*pьrsьmi
Vocative	*pьrsi	*pьrsi	*pьrsi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*porsьcь (“calf muscle”)
*porsę (“pig”) (morphologically from the same root)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: [Term?]
- Russian: пе́рси (pérsi) (plurale tantum)
- Ukrainian: [Term?]

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: прьси (prĭsi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пр̏си, пр̏са (plurale tantum)
  
  Latin: pȑsi, pȑsa (plurale tantum)
  
  Čakavian: pȑsi
- Slovene: pŕsi

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: prsi
  - Czech: prs, prso
- Kashubian: piers
- Polish: pierś
- Slovak: prsia
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: [Term?]
  - Upper Sorbian: [Term?]

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pьrsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429

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