прса

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• пр̏си (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis, from Proto-Indo-European *pérḱus. Cognates include Ossetian фарс (fars), Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎 (parašu, “rib”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̂sa/
• Hyphenation: пр‧са

Noun

пр̏са n pl (Latin spelling pȑsa)

1. (plural only, anatomy) chest

   Synonym: ње̏дра

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

   борба прса у прса ― hand-to-hand combat

   кокошја прса ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   тврда прса ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of прса

	plural
nominative	пр̏са
genitive	пр̑са̄
dative	пр̏сима
accusative	пр̏са
vocative	пр̏са
locative	пр̏сима
instrumental	пр̏сима

Derived terms

• по̀пр̄сје

References

• “прса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025