прса
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- пр̏си (colloquial)
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: пр‧са
Noun
пр̏са n pl (Latin spelling pȑsa)
- (plural only, anatomy) chest
- Synonym: ње̏дра
- (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 | |
|---|---|
| nominative | пр̏са |
| genitive | пр̑са̄ |
| dative | пр̏сима |
| accusative | пр̏са |
| vocative | пр̏са |
| locative | пр̏сима |
| instrumental | пр̏сима |
Derived terms
References
- “прса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025