persicum

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of persicum pōmum (“Persian fruit”), from Persae (“Persians”). Compare Ancient Greek Περσική (Persikḗ, “Persia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.kum/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɪkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.kum/, [ˈpɛrsikum]

Noun

persicum n (genitive persicī); second declension

1. peach (fruit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	persicum	persica
Genitive	persicī	persicōrum
Dative	persicō	persicīs
Accusative	persicum	persica
Ablative	persicō	persicīs
Vocative	persicum	persica

Related terms

• Persa
• Persae
• persica
• persicus

Descendants

• Istriot: pirsigheîn (diminutive form)
• Ligurian: pèrsego
• Neapolitan: piérzeco
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: piescu
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: préssec
  • Occitan: persec
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: pexego
  • Portuguese: pêssego, pessego (obsolete)
    • Kabuverdianu: pésigu
    • Macanese: péscu
• Old Spanish: priesco, presco
  • Spanish: piesco, prisco
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: piersul
  • Romansch: persic
• Sicilian: pèrsicu
• Venetian: persego
• → Afrikaans: perske
• → Belarusian: персік (pjersik)
• → Dutch: perzik
  • Afrikaans: perske
    • → Phuthi: iperekisi
  • Jersey Dutch: pierkes
    • → Mahican: péněgěsak
  • → Indonesian: persik
  • → Munsee: piilkush (from a dialectal form)
  • → Unami: pilkësh (from a dialectal form)
  • → West Frisian: perzik
• → Estonian: virsik
• → Icelandic: ferskja
• → Malay: persik
  • Indonesian: persik
• → Irish: péitseog
• → Latvian: persiks
• → Lithuanian: persikas
• → Low German: Peersch
• → Malagasy: paiso (probably)
• → Manx: peitshag, pershagh
• → Middle Low German: persik
  • → Belarusian: пе́рсік (pjérsik)
  • → Russian: пе́рсик (pérsik)
  • → Ukrainian: пе́рсик (pérsyk)
• → Middle High German: pfersich
  • Alemannic German: Fërsich
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Persch

    Transylvanian Saxon: Piërsch

  • German: Pfirsich
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Pasching

  • Yiddish: פֿערשקע (fershke)
• → Mongolian: персик (persik)
• → Old English: persoc
• → Russian: персик (persik)
• → Scottish Gaelic: peitseag
• → West Frisian: pjisk, perzik