перец

Russian

перец

Alternative forms

• пе́рецъ (pérec) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пьпьрьць (pĭpĭrĭcĭ), from пьпьрь (pĭpĭrĭ, “pepper”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь. Cognate with English pepper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲerʲɪt͡s]

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Noun

пе́рец • (pérec) m inan (genitive пе́рца, nominative plural пе́рцы, genitive plural пе́рцев, related adjective пе́речный or перцо́вый, diminutive пе́рчик)

1. pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)

   чёрный пе́рец ― čórnyj pérec ― black pepper

   болга́рский пе́рец ― bolgárskij pérec ― capsicum (literally, “Bulgarian pepper”)

   кра́сный пе́рец ― krásnyj pérec ― chili (literally, “red pepper”)

Declension

Declension of пе́рец (inan masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́рец pérec	пе́рцы pércy
genitive	пе́рца pérca	пе́рцев pércev
dative	пе́рцу pércu	пе́рцам pércam
accusative	пе́рец pérec	пе́рцы pércy
instrumental	пе́рцем pércem	пе́рцами pércami
prepositional	пе́рце pérce	пе́рцах pércax

Related terms

• пе́речница (pérečnica)
• перчи́ть (perčítʹ)

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: пе̄рэц (pʹērec)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “перец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 21