Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrsь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis. Cognate with Lithuanian pìršys (“chest (of a horse)”). Further etymology unknown; the connection with Sanskrit पर्शु (párśu, “rib”) (Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬎 (parašu, “rib”), Ossetian фарс (fars, “flank”)) must be discarded, according to Derksen.

Noun

*pь̀rsь f

1. chest, breast

Declension

Declension of *pь̀rsь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̀rsь	*pьrsi	*pьrsi
genitive	*pьrsi	*pьrsьju, *pьršu*	*pьrsьjь, *pьrsi*
dative	*pьrsi	*pьrsьma	*pьrsьmъ
accusative	*pь̀rsь	*pьrsi	*pьrsi
instrumental	*pьrsьjǫ, *pьršǫ*	*pьrsьma	*pьrsьmi
locative	*pьrsi	*pьrsьju, *pьršu*	*pьrsьxъ
vocative	*pьrsi	*pьrsi	*pьrsi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *porsьcь (“calf muscle”)
• *porsę (“pig”) (morphologically from the same root)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пе́рсі (pjérsi) (plurale tantum)
  • Russian: пе́рси (pérsi) (plurale tantum)
  • Ukrainian: пе́рси (pérsy) (plurale tantum)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: прьси (prĭsi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пр̏си, пр̏са (plurale tantum)

    Latin: pȑsi, pȑsa (plurale tantum)

    Čakavian: pȑsi

  • Slovene: pŕsi
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: prs
    • Czech: prs, prso
  • Kashubian: piers
  • Polish: pierś
  • Slovak: prsia (plurale tantum)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian:

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьrsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429