parch

See also: Parch.

English

Etymology

From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑɹtʃ/

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• IPA^(key): /pɑːtʃ/

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tʃ

Verb

parch (third-person singular simple present parches, present participle parching, simple past and past participle parched)

1. (transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.

   The sun today could parch cement.

2. (transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
   • Bible, Leviticus xxiii. 14

     Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.

3. (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.

   The patient's mouth is parched from fever.

4. (transitive, colloquial) To make thirsty.

   We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?

5. (transitive, archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
6. (intransitive) To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.

   The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.

Translations

to burn the surface of; to scorch

• Finnish: korventaa (fi), polttaa (fi), paahtaa (fi)
• German: ausdörren
• Irish: tíor
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• Maori: torotoro
• Russian: выжига́ть (ru) impf (vyžigátʹ), вы́жечь (ru) pf (výžečʹ)
• Spanish: torrefacer

to dry to extremity

• German: ausdörren
• Greek: ξηραίνω (el) (xiraíno)
• Irish: tíor
• Mongolian: хатаах (mn) (xataax)
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• Portuguese: ressecar (pt)
• Russian: иссуша́ть (ru) impf (issušátʹ), иссуши́ть (ru) pf (issušítʹ) (transitive), пересыха́ть (ru) impf (peresyxátʹ), пересо́хнуть (ru) pf (peresóxnutʹ) (intransitive)
• Spanish: agostar (es)

to become thirsty

• Russian: пересыха́ть (ru) impf (peresyxátʹ), пересо́хнуть (ru) pf (peresóxnutʹ) (of the throat, e.g. "го́рло пересо́хло"), иссуша́ть (ru) impf (issušátʹ), иссуши́ть (ru) pf (issušítʹ) (thirst is the subject, the thirsty person is the object, e.g. "меня́ иссуши́ла жа́жда")
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to become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry

• Finnish: korventua (fi)
• German: rösten (de)
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• Greek: ξηραίνομαι (xiraínomai)
• Russian: пересыха́ть (ru) impf (peresyxátʹ), пересо́хнуть (ru) pf (peresóxnutʹ)

Noun

parch (plural parches)

1. The condition of being parched.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 64:

     Yet here he is, not at the head, but somewhere toward the rear of the serpentine queue wending its way through all this parch […].

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pr̥xъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parx/

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Noun

parch m inan

1. scab; a fungal disease of plants and the lesions it causes

Declension

Declension of parch

	singular
nominative	parch
genitive	parchu
dative	parchowi
accusative	parch
instrumental	parchem
locative	parchu
vocative	parchu

Noun

1. (ethnic slur, dated) kike

Declension

Declension of parch

	singular	plural
nominative	parch	parchy
genitive	parcha	parchów
dative	parchowi	parchom
accusative	parcha	parchy
instrumental	parchem	parchami
locative	parchu	parchach
vocative	parchu	parchy

Further reading

• parch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN
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Welsh

Etymology

Back-formation from parchu (“to respect”).

Noun

parch m (uncountable)

1. respect
2. reverence, veneration

Derived terms

• parchus (“respectable; respectful”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
parch	barch	mharch	pharch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.