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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with Serbo-Croatian пр̏са/pȑsa (“breast”), Slovak prs, prsia (“bosom”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Declension
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plural
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| nominative
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пе́рси
pérsi
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| genitive
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пе́рсей
pérsej
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| dative
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пе́рсям
pérsjam
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| accusative
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пе́рси
pérsi
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| instrumental
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пе́рсями
pérsjami
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| prepositional
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пе́рсях
pérsjax
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