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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with Serbo-Croatian пр̏са/pȑsa (“breast”), Slovak prs, prsia (“bosom”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]пе́рси • (pérsi) m inan pl (genitive пе́рсей, plural only)
- (anatomy, poetic, archaic) woman’s breasts, bosom
- Synonym: грудь f (grudʹ)
- 1913, Василий Розанов (Vasily Rozanov), Опавшие листья, box 2 and following:
- Ах, не холоде́ет, не холоде́ет ещё мир. […] Горячность — су́щность его́, любо́вь есть су́щность его́.
[…] И пы́шущие щеки́. И пе́рси ми́ра. И та́йны ло́на его́.
И ма́ленький Розанов, где́-то заку́тавшийся в его́ пе́рсях.- Ax, ne xolodéjet, ne xolodéjet ješčó mir. […] Gorjačnostʹ — súščnostʹ jevó, ljubóvʹ jestʹ súščnostʹ jevó.
[…] I pýšuščije ščekí. I pérsi míra. I tájny lóna jevó.
I málenʹkij Rozanov, gdé-to zakútavšijsja v jevó pérsjax. - Ah, the world has not yet grown cold. […] Vehemence—the essence of it, love is its essence.
[…] And the bursting cheeks. And the bosom of the world. And the secrets of its heart.
And little Rozanov, somewhere wrapped up in its bosom.
- Ax, ne xolodéjet, ne xolodéjet ješčó mir. […] Gorjačnostʹ — súščnostʹ jevó, ljubóvʹ jestʹ súščnostʹ jevó.
Declension
[edit]Declension of пе́рси (inan pl-only masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]- напе́рсник m (napérsnik)
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