prsten

See also: prsteň

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech prsten, from Proto-Slavic *pьrsty (“finger ring; ring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpr̩stɛn]

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Noun

prsten m inan (diminutive prstýnek or prstének)

1. ring (worn around the finger)

Declension

Declension of prsten (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	prsten	prsteny
genitive	prstenu	prstenů
dative	prstenu	prstenům
accusative	prsten	prsteny
vocative	prstene	prsteny
locative	prstenu	prstenech
instrumental	prstenem	prsteny

Derived terms

• prstenec m
• prstýnek m

Related terms

• prst

Further reading

• “prsten”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “prsten”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “prsten”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrsty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̩̂steːn/
• Hyphenation: pr‧sten

Noun

pȑstēn m inan (Cyrillic spelling пр̏сте̄н)

1. ring (worn around the finger)

   Synonym: burma

   Tȃj dȃn na rúci nìje nòsila pȑstēn. ― On that day she wore no ring on her finger.

   Gospòdār Prstenóvā ― Lord of the Rings

   • 2022, Džejms Rejnolds, “Papin prsten i poljubac: Nije ono što ste mislili”, in BBC Njuz‎^[1]:

     Kako pozdraviti papu? Vekovima su katolici u znak pozdrava ljubili papino stopalo. U današnje vreme, međutim, mnogi vernici se blago poklone i poljube njegov prsten.

     How to greet the Pope? For centuries, Catholics have kissed the Pope's foot as a sign of greeting. Nowadays, however, many believers bow gently and kiss his ring.

Declension

Declension of prsten

	singular	plural
nominative	pȑstēn	pȑsteni / pȑstenovi
genitive	pȑstena	pȑstēnā / prstenóvā
dative	pȑstenu	pȑstenima / prstenòvima
accusative	pȑstēn	pȑstene / pȑstenove
vocative	pȑstene	pȑsteni / pȑstenovi
locative	prstènu	pȑstenima / prstenòvima
instrumental	pȑstenom	pȑstenima / prstenòvima

Related terms

• prst
• prstenjak

References

• “prsten”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026