Persie

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Persie, Persí, from Latin Persia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrzɪjɛ]

Proper noun

Persie f (relational adjective perský, demonym Peršan, female demonym Peršanka)

1. Persia (former name of Iran, a country in Western Asia)

Declension

Declension of Persie (sg-only soft feminine)

	singular
nominative	Persie
genitive	Persie
dative	Persii
accusative	Persii
vocative	Persie
locative	Persii
instrumental	Persií

Related terms

• perština

Further reading

• “Persie”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Persie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Persie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• Persí

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Persia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpɛrsi̯ɛː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpɛrsiː/

Noun

Persie f

1. Persia

Declension

Declension of Persie (sg-only soft a-stem)

	singular
nominative	Persie
genitive	Persie
dative	Persí
accusative	Perśú
vocative	Persie
locative	Persí
instrumental	Perśú

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: Persie

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Persie”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění