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πέρδιξ

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Traditionally explained (such as by Frisk) as a derivative from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, I fart), due to the droning sound when partridges take wing. However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin, as he considers the suffix -ῑκ- (-īk-) to be of substrate origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πέρδῑξ (pérdīxm or f (genitive πέρδῑκος); third declension

  1. partridge

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: πέρδικα (pérdika)
    • Aromanian: pirdic
  • Latin: perdīx (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέρδιξ, -ῑ̆κος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1175

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