перчить

Russian

Etymology

пе́рец (pérec) +‎ -и́ть (-ítʹ)

Pronunciation

  • пе́рчить: IPA(key): [ˈpʲert͡ɕɪtʲ] (standard but rare)
  • перчи́ть: IPA(key): [pʲɪrˈt͡ɕitʲ] (non-standard but common)

Verb

пе́рчить (standard but rare) or перчи́ть (nonstandard but common) • (pérčitʹ or perčítʹimpf (perfective попе́рчить or поперчи́ть)

  1. to pepper

Usage notes

Most of the final-stressed forms are more common, but a 4c stress pattern along the lines of соли́ть (solítʹ, to salt) (перчу́ (perčú), пе́рчишь (prčišʹ), пе́рчит (prčit)...) is about as common, if not more common.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • недоперчить pf (nedoperčitʹ)
  • переперчить pf (pereperčitʹ)

Further reading