pierś

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See also: piers and Piers

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrsь.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrɕ
  • Syllabification: pierś

Noun

pierś f

  1. breast, chest
  2. woman's breast
  3. (Near Masovian, in the plural) thick part of a beam resting on a wall

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Further reading

  • pierś in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pierś in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “pierś”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 367