перст

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прьстъ (prĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʲerst]

Noun

перст • (perst) m inan (genitive перста́, nominative plural персты́, genitive plural персто́в)

  1. (anatomy, poetic, antiquated) finger
    перст судьбы ― perst sudʹby ― the finger of fate
    оди́н как перст ― odín kak perst ― quite alone; all by oneself

Declension
Declension of перст (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative пе́рст
pérst		 персты́
perstý
genitive перста́
perstá		 персто́в
perstóv
dative персту́
perstú		 перста́м
perstám
accusative пе́рст
pérst		 персты́
perstý
instrumental персто́м
perstóm		 перста́ми
perstámi
prepositional персте́
persté		 перста́х
perstáx

Synonyms

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перст”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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