فرسك

Arabic

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fir.sik/

Noun

فِرْسِك • (firsik) m

1. (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^[1] (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^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 569
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرسك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2369
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 147–148
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[5] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 159–163
• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “فرسك”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎^[6] (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 399