فرسك
Arabic
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فِرْسِك
Alternative forms
- فِرْكِس (firkis), فِرْسِق (firsiq)
Etymology
From Aramaic פּרְסִיקָא ,פּרְסְקָא (pirsəqā, pirsīqā), from Ancient Greek μῆλον περσικόν (mêlon persikón, “peach”), μηλέα περσική (mēléa persikḗ, “peach tree”).
Noun
فِرْسِك • (firsik) m
- (Southwest Arabia, al-Andalus) peach (Prunus persica tree and fruit)
- Synonyms: (general) خَوْخ (ḵawḵ), (Levant) دُرَّاق (durrāq), (Mauritania, Western Sahara) بَرْقُوق (barqūq)
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Declension
Declension of noun فِرْسِك (firsik)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | فِرْسِك firsik | الْفِرْسِك al-firsik | فِرْسِك firsik |
| Nominative | فِرْسِكٌ firsikun | الْفِرْسِكُ al-firsiku | فِرْسِكُ firsiku |
| Accusative | فِرْسِكًا firsikan | الْفِرْسِكَ al-firsika | فِرْسِكَ firsika |
| Genitive | فِرْسِكٍ firsikin | الْفِرْسِكِ al-firsiki | فِرْسِكِ firsiki |
References
- “prsqh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “prsyqˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, DOI:, →ISBN, pages 504–505
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “فرسك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 332
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “فرسك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 569
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “فرسك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2369
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 147–148
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 159–163
- Wahrmund, Adolf (1887), “فرسك”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 399