prsten

Inherited from Old Czech prsten, from Proto-Slavic *pьrsty (“finger ring; ring”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpr̩stɛn]

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prsten m inan (diminutive prstýnek or prstének)

1. ring (worn around the finger)

• “prsten”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “prsten”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “prsten”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrsty (“finger ring; ring”).

• IPA^(key): /pr̩̂steːn/
• Hyphenation: pr‧sten

pȑstēn m inan (Cyrillic spelling пр̏сте̄н)

1. ring (worn around the finger)

   Synonym: burma

   Taj dan na ruci nije nosila prsten. ― On that day she wore no ring on her finger.

   Gospodar Prstenova ― Lord of the Rings

   • 2022, Džejms Rejnolds, “Papin prsten i poljubac: Nije ono što ste mislili”, in BBC Njuz‎^[1]:

     Kako pozdraviti papu? Vekovima su katolici u znak pozdrava ljubili papino stopalo. U današnje vreme, međutim, mnogi vernici se blago poklone i poljube njegov prsten.

     How to greet the Pope? For centuries, Catholics have kissed the Pope's foot as a sign of greeting. Nowadays, however, many believers bow gently and kiss his ring.

• prst
• prstenjak

• “prsten”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025