перец
Russian
Alternative forms
- пе́рецъ (pérec) — pre-1918 spelling
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]
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Noun
пе́рец • (pérec) m inan (genitive пе́рца, nominative plural пе́рцы, genitive plural пе́рцев, relational 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
Derived terms
- пе́речница f (pérečnica)
- перцо́вка f (percóvka)
- пе́рчить impf (pérčitʹ) and перчи́ть impf (perčítʹ)
Compounds:
- зада́ть пе́рцу pf (zadátʹ pércu)
- From пе́речница f (pérečnica):
- ста́рая пе́речница f anim (stáraja pérečnica)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “перец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 21
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “перец”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.