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