перец

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See also: perec

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Пе́рец

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Etymology

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

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Noun

пе́рец (pérecm 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 пе́рецčórnyj pérecblack pepper
    болга́рский пе́рецbolgárskij péreccapsicum (literally, “Bulgarian pepper”)
    кра́сный пе́рецkrásnyj pérecchili (literally, “red pepper”)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ingrian: pertsu
  • Kildin Sami: пе̄рэц (pierec)
  • Yakut: биэрэс (bieres)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “перец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 21