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
- 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
Descendants
- Istriot: pirsigheîn (diminutive form)
- Ligurian: pèrsego
- Neapolitan: piérzeco
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: piescu
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Old Spanish: priesco, presco
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sicilian: pèrsicu
- Venetian: persego
- → Afrikaans: perske
- → Belarusian: персік (pjersik)
- → Dutch: 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
- → Middle High German: pfersich
- → Mongolian: персик (persik)
- → Old English: persoc
- → Russian: персик (persik)
- → Scottish Gaelic: peitseag
- → West Frisian: pjisk, perzik