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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀśis.[1] Cognate with Polish pierś (“chest, breasts”).
Noun
pìršys f pl stress pattern 1
- chest (of a horse)
- (humorous) breasts (of a woman)
Declension
Declension of pìršys (plural-only)
Hypernyms
References
- ^ 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
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