перст

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прьстъ (prĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

перст (perstm inan (genitive перста́, nominative plural персты́, genitive plural персто́в)

  1. (anatomy, poetic, archaic) finger
    перст судьбыperst sudʹbythe finger of fate
    оди́н как перстodín kak perstquite alone; all by oneself

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перст”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress