Ultimately from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkíā, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικὄκῐον (praikókion), from (Late Latin persica) Latin praecocia (literally “over-ripe (peaches)”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “over-ripe (apple)”). See English apricot for more info.
aprikos m (definite singular aprikosen, indefinite plural aprikoser, definite plural aprikosene)
Ultimately from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkíā, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικὄκῐον (praikókion), from (Late Latin persica) Latin praecocia (literally “over-ripe (peaches)”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “over-ripe (apple)”). See English apricot for more info.
aprikos m (definite singular aprikosen, indefinite plural aprikosar, definite plural aprikosane)
Borrowed from German Aprikose, from Dutch abrikoos, from French abricots, plural of abricot, from Portuguese albricoque or Spanish albaricoque, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Latin praecocia, form of praecox.
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Declension of aprikos | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | aprikos | aprikosen | aprikoser | aprikoserna |
Genitive | aprikos | aprikosens | aprikosers | aprikosernas |
aprikos (comparative mer aprikos, superlative mest aprikos)
Inflection of aprikos | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | aprikos | mer aprikos | mest aprikos |
Neuter singular | aprikost | mer aprikost | mest aprikost |
Plural | aprikosa | mer aprikosa | mest aprikosa |
Masculine plural3 | aprikose | mer aprikosa | mest aprikosa |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | aprikose | mer aprikose | mest aprikose |
All | aprikosa | mer aprikosa | mest aprikosa |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |