אפרסק

Hebrew

Etymology

From Arabic اَلفِرْسِك (al-firsik, “the peach”), from Ancient Greek περσικόν (persikón, “peach”), short for μῆλον Περσικόν (mêlon Persikón, “Persian apple”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

אֲפַרְסֵק • (afarsék) m (plural indefinite אֲפַרְסֵקִים)

1. (countable, uncountable) peach (soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed)

   אני אוהב לאכול אפרסקים.

   I love to eat peaches.

2. (countable) peach (any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit)
3. (uncountable) peach (a light yellow-red colour)

Declension

Declension of אֲפַרְסֵק

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	אֲפַרְסֵק	first	אֲפַרְסֵקִי		אֲפַרְסֵקֵנוּ
	definite	הָאֲפַרְסֵק	second	אֲפַרְסֵקְךָ	אֲפַרְסֵקֵךְ	אֲפַרְסֵקְכֶם	אֲפַרְסֵקְכֶן
	construct	אֲפַרְסֵק־	third	אֲפַרְסֵקוֹ	אֲפַרְסֵקָהּ	אֲפַרְסֵקָם	אֲפַרְסֵקָן
plural	indefinite	אֲפַרְסֵקִים	first	אפרסקיי / אֲפַרְסֵקַי		אֲפַרְסֵקֵינוּ
	definite	הָאֲפַרְסֵקִים	second	אֲפַרְסֵקֶיךָ	אפרסקייך / אֲפַרְסֵקַיִךְ	אֲפַרְסֵקֵיכֶם	אֲפַרְסֵקֵיכֶן
	construct	אֲפַרְסֵקֵי־	third	אֲפַרְסֵקָיו	אֲפַרְסֵקֶיהָ	אֲפַרְסֵקֵיהֶם	אֲפַרְסֵקֵיהֶן

Further reading

• אפרסק on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he