patrijs

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːˈtrɛi̯s/

• patrijs:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧trijs
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch patrise, from older partrise, from Old French pertriz, variant of perdriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Forms retaining the first r existed into the 17th century.

Noun

patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)

1. partridge (a bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)
2. grey partridge, Perdix perdix

Alternative forms

• partrijs
• patrys (obsolete)

Derived terms

• patrijsgat (possibly)
• patrijshond
• patrijspoort (possibly)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: patrys
• → West Frisian: patriis

Etymology 2

From French patrice.

Noun

patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)

1. negative of a matrix