piršys

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Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pìršys f pl stress pattern 1

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

Declension[edit]

    Declension of pìršys (plural-only)
nominative pìršys
genitive pìršių
dative pìršims
accusative pìršis
instrumental pìršimis
locative pìršyse
vocative pìršys

Hypernyms[edit]

References[edit]

  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

Further reading[edit]

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