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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пьрсть (pĭrstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrstь (“dust, soil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
персть • (perstʹ) f inan (genitive пе́рсти, nominative plural пе́рсти, genitive plural пе́рстей)
- (archaic) dust
Declension
Related terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “персть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пьрсть (pĭrstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrstь (“dust, soil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
персть • (perstʹ) f inan (genitive пе́рсті or пе́рсти, nominative plural пе́рсті, genitive plural пе́рстей)
- (archaic) soil, earth
Declension
Declension of персть (inan 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “персть”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN