prst

See also: prsť

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̩st/

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• Rhymes: -r̩st

Noun

prst m inan

1. finger

   Strč prst skrz krk ― stick your finger through your neck (Czech tongue-twister)

2. toe

Derived terms

• prsten m
• náprstek m
• otisk prstu
• prsteník m
• prsteníček m
• prstoklad m
• vycucat z prstu

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̂st/

Noun

pȑst m (Cyrillic spelling пр̏ст)

1. finger
2. toe

Declension

Declension of prst

	singular	plural
nominative	prst	prsti
genitive	prsta	pr̀stī / pr̀stijū / pȓstā
dative	prstu	prstima
accusative	prsta	prste
vocative	prste	prsti
locative	prstu	prstima
instrumental	prstom	prstima

Related terms

• pȑstēn

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̩st/

Noun

prst m (genitive singular prstu, nominative plural prsty, genitive plural prstov, declension pattern of dub)

1. finger

   Strč prst skrz krk ― stick your finger through your throat (Slovak tongue-twister)

2. toe

Declension

Declension of prst

	singular	plural
nominative	prst	prsty
genitive	prstu	prstov
dative	prstu	prstom
accusative	prst	prsty
locative	prste	prstoch
instrumental	prstom	prstami

Further reading

• “prst”, 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

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Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə́rst/

Noun

pȓst m inan

1. finger
2. toe

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pŕst
gen. sing.	pŕsta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pŕst	pŕsta	pŕsti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pŕsta	pŕstov	pŕstov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pŕstu	pŕstoma	pŕstom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pŕst	pŕsta	pŕste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pŕstu	pŕstih	pŕstih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pŕstom	pŕstoma	pŕsti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstь, originally from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“rain, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə́rst/

Noun

pȓst f

1. earth, soil

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nominative	pŕst
genitive	prstí
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pŕst
genitive (rodȋlnik)	prstí
dative (dajȃlnik)	pŕsti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pŕst
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pŕsti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	prstjó

Synonyms

• zêmlja