perca

See also: Perca, pêrca, and perça

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perca.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.ka/

Noun

perca f (plural perques)

1. perch

Derived terms

• perca americana

Further reading

• “perca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hindustani (Urdu پارچہ‎ (pārca, “scrap, rag, cloth”), Hindi पारचा (pārcā, “scrap, rag, cloth”)), from Persian پارچه‎ (pârče, “piece, cloth”), the diminutive of پاره‎ (pâre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pərˈt͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: pêrca

Noun

pêrca (first-person possessive percaku, second-person possessive percamu, third-person possessive percanya)

1. cloth from remainder fabric

Further reading

• “perca” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Hyphenation: pèr‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural perche)

1. (zoology, ichthyology) perch, Perca fluviatilis

Anagrams

• capre, carpe, crepa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“spotted, speckled”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ka/, [ˈpɛrkä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ka/, [ˈpɛrkä]

Noun

perca f (genitive percae); first declension

1. a perch (fish)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.40:

     […] similiter percae salsae e capite cinis melle addito […]

     Heads of salted perch, reduced to ashes, and applied with honey, are equally useful for the purpose.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perca	percae
Genitive	percae	percārum
Dative	percae	percīs
Accusative	percam	percās
Ablative	percā	percīs
Vocative	perca	percae

Descendants

• Catalan: perca
• Old French: perche
  • → Middle English: perche
    • English: perch
  • French: perche
• Portuguese: perca
• Spanish: perca
• Translingual: Perca

References

• “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• perca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin perca (“perch”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpɛh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpɛh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpɛχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch (fish in the genus Perca)

Derived terms

• perca do Nilo

Etymology 2

From inflected form of perder (“to lose”).

Alternative forms

• pêrca (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural percas)

1. (proscribed) Synonym of perda

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• pêrca (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpeχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

Verb

perca

1. inflection of perder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾka/ [ˈpeɾ.ka]

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• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: per‧ca

Noun

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch, Perca fluviatilis

   Synonyms: robalo, róbalo, lubina

2. bass

Derived terms

• perca amarilla
• perca común
• perca del Nilo

 

Further reading

• “perca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014