# персик
## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian *персикъ (*persik) (derivative персиковъ att. in 17th c.), likely from Middle Low German përsik (equal to Middle High German pfërsich, German Pfersich), from Latin persicum (Latin mālum persicum (fruit), Latin mālus persicus (tree)), see there. Compare Romanian piersic.
For semantic parallels compare апельси́н (apelʹsín). Also compare гречи́ха (grečíxa), гре́цкий оре́х (gréckij oréx), рома́шка (romáška).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpʲersʲɪk]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

пе́рсик • (pérsik) m inan (genitive пе́рсика, nominative plural пе́рсики, genitive plural пе́рсиков, relational adjective пе́рсиковый)
* peach (fruit or tree)
** 1952, “Персики”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):Лу́чшие сорта́ пе́рсиков произраста́ют в Закавка́зье, в Крыму́, Дагеста́не и Сре́дней А́зии.Lúčšije sortá pérsikov proizrastájut v Zakavkázʹje, v Krymú, Dagestáne i Srédnej Ázii.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* пе́рсиковый (pérsikovyj)

#### Related terms

* перс m anim (pers)
* перси́дский (persídskij)
* Пе́рсия f (Pérsija)
* фарси́ m (farsí)

#### Descendants

* → Esperanto: persiko
* → Ingrian: persikka

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “персик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “персик”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 24
* Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “персик”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
* Krylov, G. A. (2004) “персик”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
* Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “персик”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 297
* Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “персик”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 125

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “персик”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛrsek]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

пе́рсик • (pérsyk) m inan (genitive пе́рсика, nominative plural пе́рсики, genitive plural пе́рсиків, relational adjective пе́рсиковий)
* peach (fruit)
* peach (tree)
    Synonym: пе́рсикове де́рево n inan (pérsykove dérevo)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “персик”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “персик”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
* “персик”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)