перец

Russian

Пе́рец

Alternative forms

пе́рецъ (pérec) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пьпьрьць (pĭpĭrĭcĭ), from пьпьрь (pĭpĭrĭ, “pepper”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь. Cognate with English pepper.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpʲerʲɪt͡s]
Audio (file)

Noun

пе́рец • (pérec) m inan (genitive пе́рца, nominative plural пе́рцы, genitive plural пе́рцев, related adjective пе́речный or перцо́вый, diminutive пе́рчик)

pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)
чёрный пе́рец ― čórnyj pérec ― black pepper

болга́рский пе́рец ― bolgárskij pérec ― capsicum (literally, “Bulgarian pepper”)

кра́сный пе́рец ― krásnyj pérec ― chili (literally, “red pepper”)

Declension

Declension of пе́рец (inan masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́рец pérec	пе́рцы pércy
genitive	пе́рца pérca	пе́рцев pércev
dative	пе́рцу pércu	пе́рцам pércam
accusative	пе́рец pérec	пе́рцы pércy
instrumental	пе́рцем pércem	пе́рцами pércami
prepositional	пе́рце pérce	пе́рцах pércax

Related terms

пе́речница (pérečnica)
перчи́ть (perčítʹ)

Descendants

→ Kildin Sami: пе̄рэц (p’ērec)
→ Yakut: биэрэс (bieres)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “перец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 21

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.