перст

• перстъ (perst) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

• IPA^(key): [pʲerst]

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

1. (anatomy, archaic or poetic) finger

   Synonym: (regular term) па́лец (pálec)

   перст судьбы́ ― perst sudʹbý ― the finger of fate

   оди́н как перст ― odín kak perst ― quite alone; all by oneself

   указу́ющий перст ― ukazújuščij perst ― pointing finger

2. (figuratively) destiny, a mystic and secret path or direction brought upon a man (most of the time by God)

   что тут ви́димый перст бо́жий, меня́ охраня́вший ― što tut vídimyj perst bóžij, menjá oxranjávšij ― that it is truly god's will itself, which has protected me

   • 1880, Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, page 306:

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• пе́рстень (pérstenʹ), перстенёк (perstenjók), напёрсток (napjórstok), перча́тка (perčátka)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перст”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

From Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

• IPA^(key): [pɛrst]

перст • (perst) m inan (genitive перста́, nominative plural персти́, genitive plural персті́в)

1. (archaic) finger

   Synonym: (regular term) па́лець (pálecʹ)

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• пе́рстень (pérstenʹ), напе́рсток (napérstok)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “перст”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “перст”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN