persicum
Latin
Etymology
Ellipsis of persicum pōmum (“Persian fruit”), from Persae (“Persians”). Compare Ancient Greek Περσική (Persikḗ, “Persia”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.si.kum/, [ˈpɛr.sɪ.kũ]
Noun
persicum n (genitive persicī); second declension
- peach (fruit)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | persicum | persica |
| genitive | persicī | persicōrum |
| dative | persicō | persicīs |
| accusative | persicum | persica |
| ablative | persicō | persicīs |
| vocative | persicum | persica |
Related terms
Descendants
Note: Borrowings whose paths are unclear (i.e. perhaps via other languages or inflections) are listed here.
- → Afrikaans: perske
- Asturian: piescu
- → Belarusian: персік (pjersik)
- → Dutch: perzik
- → Unami: pilkesh
- → Estonian: virsik
- Friulian: piersul
- → Hebrew: אפרסק (afarsék)
- → Icelandic: ferskja
- → Malay: persik
- Indonesian: persik
- → Irish: péitseog
- Istriot: pirsigheîn (a diminutive form)
- → Latvian: persiks
- → Lithuanian: persikas
- Ligurian: pèrsego
- → Low German: Peersch
- → Malagasy: paiso (probably)
- → Manx: peitshag, pershagh
- → Middle High German: pfersich
- → Mongolian: персик (persik)
- Neapolitan: pèrzeca, percòca, piérzeco
- → Old English: persoc
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: préssec
- Occitan: persec
- Old Portuguese:
- Romansch: persic
- → Russian: персик (persik)
- → Scottish Gaelic: peitseag
- Sicilian: pèrsicu
- → Slavic: *bersky
- Spanish: piesco, prisco
- → Ukrainian: персик (persyk)
- Venetian: persego
- → West Frisian: pjisk, perzik
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