piršys

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis.[1] Cognate with Polish pierś (“chest, breasts”).

Noun

pi̇̀ršys f pl stress pattern 1

  1. chest (of a horse)
  2. (humorous) breasts (of a woman)

Declension

Declension of pi̇̀ršys (plural-only)
nominative pi̇̀ršys
genitive pi̇̀ršių
dative pi̇̀ršims
accusative pi̇̀ršis
instrumental pi̇̀ršimis
locative pi̇̀ršyse
vocative pi̇̀ršys

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “piršys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

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