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piršys

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis.[1] Cognate with Polish pierś (“chest, breasts”).

Noun

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pìršys f pl stress pattern 1

  1. chest (of a horse)
  2. (humorous) breasts (of a woman)

Declension

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    Declension of pìršys (plural-only)
nominative pìršys
genitive pìršių
dative pìršims
accusative pìršis
instrumental pìršimis
locative pìršyse
vocative pìršys

Hypernyms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “piršys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

Further reading

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