перст
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прьстъ (prĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
перст • (perst) m inan (genitive перста́, nominative plural персты́, genitive plural персто́в)
- (anatomy, poetic, archaic) finger
- перст судьбы ― perst sudʹby ― the finger of fate
- оди́н как перст ― odín kak perst ― quite alone; all by oneself
Declension
Declension of перст (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b)
Synonyms
- па́лец (pálec)
Related terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перст”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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