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perca

See also: Perca, pêrca, and perça

Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin perca.

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Noun

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perca f (plural perques)

  1. perch

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Galician

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Verb

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perca

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of perder:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Hindustani (Urdu پارچہ (pārca, “scrap, rag, cloth”), Hindi पारचा (pārcā, “scrap, rag, cloth”)), from Persian پارچه (pârče, “piece, cloth”), the diminutive of پاره (pâre).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pərˈt͡ʃa]
  • Hyphenation: pêrca

Noun

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pêrca (first-person possessive percaku, second-person possessive percamu, third-person possessive percanya)

  1. cloth from remainder fabric

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  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

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perca f (plural perche)

  1. (zoology, ichthyology) perch, Perca fluviatilis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“spotted, speckled”).

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Noun

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perca f (genitive percae); first declension

  1. a perch (fish)
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.40:
      […] similiter percae salsae e capite cinis melle addito […]
      Heads of salted perch, reduced to ashes, and applied with honey, are equally useful for the purpose.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative perca percae
Genitive percae percārum
Dative percae percīs
Accusative percam percās
Ablative percā percīs
Vocative perca percae

Descendants

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  • Catalan: perca
  • Old French: perche
  • Portuguese: perca
  • Spanish: perca
  • Translingual: Perca

References

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  • “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • perca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Latin perca (“perch”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

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  • Hyphenation: per‧ca

Noun

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perca f (plural percas)

  1. perch (fish in the genus Perca)
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Etymology 2

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From inflected form of perder (“to lose”).

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  • Hyphenation: per‧ca

Noun

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perca f (plural percas)

  1. (proscribed) Synonym of perda

Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: per‧ca

Verb

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perca

  1. inflection of perder:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɾka/ [ˈpeɾ.ka]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾka
  • Syllabification: per‧ca

Noun

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perca f (plural percas)

  1. perch, Perca fluviatilis
    Synonyms: robalo, róbalo, lubina
  2. bass

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