Persie

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Persie, Persí, from Latin Persia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrzɪjɛ]

Proper noun

Persie f (relational adjective perský, demonym Peršan, female demonym Peršanka)

Persia (former name of Iran, a country in Western Asia)

Declension

Declension of Persie (sg-only soft feminine)

	singular
nominative	Persie
genitive	Persie
dative	Persii
accusative	Persii
vocative	Persie
locative	Persii
instrumental	Persií

Related terms

perština

Further reading

“Persie”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
“Persie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“Persie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Persí

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Persia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpɛrsi̯ɛː/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpɛrsiː/

Noun

Persie f

Persia

Declension

Declension of Persie (sg-only soft a-stem)

	singular
nominative	Persie
genitive	Persie
dative	Persí
accusative	Perśú
vocative	Persie
locative	Persí
instrumental	Perśú

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Czech: Persie

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Persie”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění