prsa

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pȑsi (colloquial)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with Russian перси (persi, “breast”), Slovak prs, prsia (“bosom”). Non-Slavic cognates include Ossetian фарс (fars, “flank”), Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎 (parašu, “rib”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̂sa/
• Hyphenation: pr‧sa

Noun

pȑsa n pl (Cyrillic spelling пр̏са)

1. (plural only, anatomy) chest

   Synonym: njȅdra

2. (plural only) breasts
3. idiomatic and figurative meanings

   borba prsa u prsa ― hand-to-hand combat

   kokošja prsa ― chicken breast

   tvrda prsa ― hard chest

Declension

Declension of prsa

	plural
nominative	pȑsa
genitive	pȓsā
dative	pȑsima
accusative	pȑsa
vocative	pȑsa
locative	pȑsima
instrumental	pȑsima

Derived terms

• pòpr̄sje

References

• “prsa” in Hrvatski jezični portal