persica

See also: pérsica

Italian

Adjective

persica

feminine singular of persico

Anagrams

capresi, crespai, perisca, piscerà, precisa, rapisce, ripesca, saperci, sciarpe, sprecai

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.ka/, [ˈpɛr.sɪ.ka]

Etymology 1

From Persae (“Persians”).

Noun

persica f (genitive persicae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) walnut

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	persica	persicae
Genitive	persicae	persicārum
Dative	persicae	persicīs
Accusative	persicam	persicās
Ablative	persicā	persicīs
Vocative	persica	persicae

Etymology 2

Inflected form of persicum (“peach”).

Noun

persica

nominative plural of persicum
accusative plural of persicum
vocative plural of persicum

Noun

persica

(Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) peach (fruit)

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: pjeshkë (probably)
Aromanian: chearsicã
Italian: persica, Italian: pesca
Neapolitan: perzeca
Occitan: persega
→ Old Danish: persik
- Danish: fersken
  - → Faroese: ferska
Old French: pesche, persche
- → Middle English: peche
  - English: peach
    - → Abenaki: biches (from the plural peaches)
    - → Arapaho: biisib (possibly)
    - → Bengali: পীচ (pīc) (probably)
    - → Malay: pic (probably)
    - → Maori: pītiti (possibly)
    - → Swahili: pichi (probably)
    - → Thai: พีช (píit)
- Middle French: pesche
  - French: pêche
    - → Luxembourgish: Piisch
- Norman: pêche
- Walloon: pexhî
Romanian: piersică
Sardinian: pélsica, pérsiga
Sicilian: pèrsica
→ Swedish: persika

References

persica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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