partrich

Middle English

Alternative forms

partriche, pertriche, perdriz, partrig, partrik, pertrich

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈpartrit͡ʃ/, /ˈpaːrtrit͡ʃ/, /ˈpɛrtrit͡ʃ/, /ˈpaːrtrik/

Noun

partrich (plural partriches or partrich)

partridge (The bird Perdix perdix)
The meat of a partridge.

Descendants

English: partridge
Scots: paitrick, pairtrick
→ Irish: patraisc
→ Manx: patrag
→ Scottish Gaelic: peurtag
→ Welsh: petris

References

“partrich(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

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