päsť

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See also: past and pást

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pęstь. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пест, pest, Slovene pest, Russian пясть (pjastʹ, middle part of the hand) and запястье (zapjastʹje), dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) пестник (pestnik), песник (pesnik), пестница (pestnica). Compare Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ), English fist, German Faust.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛsc/, /ˈpæsc/

Noun

päsť f (genitive singular päste, nominative plural päste, genitive plural pästí, declension pattern of dlaň)

  1. fist

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • päsť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024