partrich

Middle English

Alternative forms

• partriche, pertriche, perdriz, partrig, partrik, pertrich

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French perdriz, from Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

Forms with /k/ are by analogy with other words that vary between /t͡ʃ/ and /k/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpartrit͡ʃ/, /ˈpaːrtrit͡ʃ/, /ˈpɛrtrit͡ʃ/, /ˈpaːrtrik/

Noun

partrich (plural partriches or partrich)

1. partridge (The bird Perdix perdix)
2. The meat of a partridge.

Descendants

• English: partridge
• Scots: paitrick, pairtrick
• → Irish: patraisc
• → Manx: patrag
• → Scottish Gaelic: peurtag
• → Welsh: petris

References

• “partrich(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.