перец

Russian
Пе́рец

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пьпьрьць (pĭpĭrĭcĭ), from пьпьрь (pĭpĭrĭ, “pepper”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь. Cognate with English pepper.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲerʲɪt͡s]
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Noun

пе́рец • (pérec) m inan (genitive пе́рца, nominative plural пе́рцы, genitive plural пе́рцев, relational adjective пе́речный or перцо́вый, diminutive пе́рчик)

  1. pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)
    чёрный пе́рец ― čórnyj pérec ― black pepper
    болга́рский пе́рец ― bolgárskij pérec ― capsicum (literally, “Bulgarian pepper”)
    кра́сный пе́рец ― krásnyj pérec ― chili (literally, “red pepper”)

Declension
Declension of пе́рец (inan masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative пе́рец
pérec		 пе́рцы
pércy
genitive пе́рца
pérca		 пе́рцев
pércev
dative пе́рцу
pércu		 пе́рцам
pércam
accusative пе́рец
pérec		 пе́рцы
pércy
instrumental пе́рцем
pércem		 пе́рцами
pércami
prepositional пе́рце
pérce		 пе́рцах
pércax

Descendants
  • → Kildin Sami: пе̄рэц (pierec)
  • → Yakut: биэрэс (bieres)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “перец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 21
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