päsť

See also: past and pást

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pęstь. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пест, pest, Slovene pest, Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “middle part of the hand”) and запястье (zapjastʹje), dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) пестник (pestnik), песник (pesnik), пестница (pestnica). Compare Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ), English fist, German Faust.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛsc/, /ˈpæsc/

Noun

päsť f (genitive singular päste, nominative plural päste, genitive plural pästí, declension pattern of dlaň)

  1. fist

Declension
Declension of päsť
singular plural
nominative päsť päste
genitive päste pästí
dative pästi pästiam
accusative päsť päste
locative pästi pästiach
instrumental päsťou päsťami

Derived terms
  • pästný
  • pästička

Further reading
  • päsť in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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