friscus

Latin

Alternative forms

• friscum, frescus, frichium, frischium

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *frisk (“fresh, unsalted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfris.kus/, [ˈfrɪs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfris.kus/, [ˈfriskus]

Adjective

friscus (feminine frisca, neuter friscum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) fresh, unsalted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	friscus	frisca	friscum		friscī	friscae	frisca
Genitive	friscī	friscae	friscī		friscōrum	friscārum	friscōrum
Dative	friscō		friscō		friscīs
Accusative	friscum	friscam	friscum		friscōs	friscās	frisca
Ablative	friscō	friscā	friscō		friscīs
Vocative	frisce	frisca	friscum		friscī	friscae	frisca

Descendants

• Iberian:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: fresco
    • Aragonese: fresco
  • Old Leonese: frescu
    • Asturian: frescu
    • Leonese: frescu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: fresco
    • Galician: fresco
    • Portuguese: fresco
  • Old Spanish: fresco
    • Ladino: fresko
    • Spanish: fresco
• Oc:
  • Old Occitan: fresc
    • Occitan: fresc
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: fresco
    • → Dalmatian: fresc (probably)
  • Sicilian: friscu
    • → Maltese: frisk
• Oïl:
  • Old French: fres
  • Old French: frische, frisque
    • Middle French: frisque, fricque, frique, friche
      • French: frisque
      • → Middle English: frisk
        • English: frisk
    • → Middle English: frysk
      • English: frisk