prst

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See also: prsť

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech prst, from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -r̩st

Noun

prst m inan

  1. finger
    Strč prst skrz krk. ― stick your finger through your neck (Czech tongue-twister)
  2. toe
    Synonym: prstec

Declension

Declension of prst (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative prst prsty
genitive prstu prstů
dative prstu prstům
accusative prst prsty
vocative prste prsty
locative prstě, prstu prstech
instrumental prstem prsty

Derived terms

Further reading

  • prst in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • prst in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • prst in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpr̩st/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpr̩st/

Noun

prst m inan

  1. finger
    prst ukazatedlní ― index finger
    prst prostřědní ― middle finger
    prst mězený / prstenní / prstenný / prstenový / prstenský ― ring finger
    prst malý ― little finger
    (jako) skrzě prsty hleděti ― to ignore
  2. toe

Declension

Declension of prst (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative prst prsty prsti, prstové
genitive prsta, prstu prstú prstóv
dative prstu prstoma prstóm
accusative prst prsty prsty
vocative prste prsty prsti, prstové
locative prstě, prstu prstú prstiech
instrumental prstem prstoma prsty
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: prst

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

pȑst m (Cyrillic spelling пр̏ст)

  1. finger
  2. toe

Declension

Declension of prst
singular plural
nominative prst prsti
genitive prsta pr̀stī / pr̀stijū / pȓstā
dative prstu prstima
accusative prsta prste
vocative prste prsti
locative prstu prstima
instrumental prstom prstima

Related terms

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

prst m inan (genitive singular prstu, nominative plural prsty, genitive plural prstov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. finger
    Strč prst skrz krk ― stick your finger through your throat (Slovak tongue-twister)
  2. toe

Usage notes

  • Slovak does not differentiate between fingers and toes. To disambiguate, one may use prst na nohe or prst na ruke.

Declension

Declension of prst
singular plural
nominative prst prsty
genitive prstu prstov
dative prstu prstom
accusative prst prsty
locative prste prstoch
instrumental prstom prstami

Further reading

  • “prst”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

pȓst m inan

  1. finger
  2. toe
Inflection
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. pŕst
gen. sing. pŕsta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pŕst pŕsta pŕsti
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		pŕsta pŕstov pŕstov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		pŕstu pŕstoma pŕstom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		pŕst pŕsta pŕste
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pŕstu pŕstih pŕstih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		pŕstom pŕstoma pŕsti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstь, originally from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“rain, dust”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pȓst f

  1. earth, soil
Inflection
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nominative pŕst
genitive prstí
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pŕst
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		—
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pŕsti
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		prstjó
Synonyms

Further reading

  • “prst”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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