אפרסק
Appearance
Hebrew
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Etymology
[edit]From Arabic اَلفِرْسِك (al-firsik, “the peach”), from Ancient Greek περσικόν (persikón, “peach”), short for μῆλον Περσικόν (mêlon Persikón, “Persian apple”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]אֲפַרְסֵק • (afarsék) m (plural indefinite אֲפַרְסֵקִים)
- (countable, uncountable) peach (soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed)
- אני אוהב לאכול אפרסקים.
- I love to eat peaches.
- אני אוהב לאכול אפרסקים.
- (countable) peach (any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit)
- (uncountable) peach (a light yellow-red colour)
Declension
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Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
m | f | m | f | ||||
singular | indefinite | אֲפַרְסֵק | first | אֲפַרְסֵקִי | אֲפַרְסֵקֵנוּ | ||
definite | הָאֲפַרְסֵק | second | אֲפַרְסֵקְךָ | אֲפַרְסֵקֵךְ | אֲפַרְסֵקְכֶם | אֲפַרְסֵקְכֶן | |
construct | אֲפַרְסֵק־ | third | אֲפַרְסֵקוֹ | אֲפַרְסֵקָהּ | אֲפַרְסֵקָם | אֲפַרְסֵקָן | |
plural | indefinite | אֲפַרְסֵקִים | first | אפרסקיי / אֲפַרְסֵקַי | אֲפַרְסֵקֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאֲפַרְסֵקִים | second | אֲפַרְסֵקֶיךָ | אפרסקייך / אֲפַרְסֵקַיִךְ | אֲפַרְסֵקֵיכֶם | אֲפַרְסֵקֵיכֶן | |
construct | אֲפַרְסֵקֵי־ | third | אֲפַרְסֵקָיו | אֲפַרְסֵקֶיהָ | אֲפַרְסֵקֵיהֶם | אֲפַרְסֵקֵיהֶן |
Further reading
[edit]אפרסק on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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