partrich
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
partrich (plural partriches or partrich)
- partridge (The bird Perdix perdix)
- The meat of a partridge.
Descendants edit
- English: partridge
- Scots: paitrick, pairtrick
- → Irish: patraisc
- → Manx: patrag
- → Scottish Gaelic: peurtag
- → Welsh: petris
References edit
- “partrich(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.