persica

See also: pérsica

Italian

Adjective

persica

feminine singular of persico

Anagrams

capresi, crespai, perisca, piscerà, precisa, rapisce, ripesca, saperci, sciarpe, sprecai

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.ka/, [ˈpɛr.sɪ.ka]

Etymology 1

From Persae (“Persians”).

Noun

persica f (genitive persicae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) walnut

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	persica	persicae
genitive	persicae	persicārum
dative	persicae	persicīs
accusative	persicam	persicās
ablative	persicā	persicīs
vocative	persica	persicae

Etymology 2

Inflected form of persicum (“peach”).

Noun

persica

nominative plural of persicum
accusative plural of persicum
vocative plural of persicum

Noun

persica

(Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) peach (fruit)

Related terms

Persa
Persae
persicum
persicus

Descendants

→ Albanian: pjeshkë (probably)
Aromanian: chearsicã
Italian: persica, Italian: pesca
Occitan: persega
→ Old Danish: persik
- Danish: fersken
  - → Faroese: ferska
Old French: pesche, persche
- → Middle English: peche
  - English: peach
    - → Abenaki: biches (from the plural peaches)
    - → Arapaho: biisib (possibly)
    - → Bengali: পীচ (pic) (probably)
    - → Malay: pic (probably)
    - → Maori: pītiti (possibly)
    - → Swahili: pichi (probably)
    - → Thai: พีช (píit)
- Middle French: pesche
  - French: pêche
    - → Luxembourgish: Piisch
  - Norman: pêche
  - Walloon: pexhî
Romanian: piersică
Sardinian: pélsica, pérsiga
Sicilian: pèrsica
→ Swedish: persika

References

persica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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