siers
See also: SIers
German
Pronoun
siers
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of sierer
Latvian
Siers
Etymology
From the same stem as the adjective sūrs (“bitter”) (q.v.), from which it is ultimately derived, in the (older) form *sūris or *sūrs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀras; the original meaning was thus “bitter (one)”.
The vowel was later changed under the influence of the common expression siet sieru “to make (lit. tie, bind) cheese”. Cognates include Lithuanian sū́ris, Old Prussian suris (sūris), sur (sūr), Russian, Belarusian сыр (syr), Ukrainian сир (syr), Bulgarian си́рене (sírene), Czech sýr, Polish ser, Old Norse sýra (“sour milk”), Old High German, Old English sūr, German sauer, English sour.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sīɛ̄ɾs]
Noun
siers m (1st declension)
- cheese (dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk)
- siera ražošana ― cheese production
- skābpiena siers ― sour milk cheese
- kausētais siers ― processed cheese
- ciets, pusciets, mīksts siers ― hard, semi-hard, soft cheese
- trekns, liess siers ― fat, lean milk
- Latvijas, Holandes siers ― Latvian, Dutch cheese
- zaļais siers ― blue cheese
- siet sieru ― to prepare (lit. to tie, to bind) cheese (in the form of a circular disc, by wrapping it with cloth and placing it under pressure)
- biezpiens un siers ir ļoti labi bioloģiski vērtīgu olbaltumvielu, kalcija un fosfora avoti ― curd and cheese are very good sources of biologically valuable proteins, calcium and phosphorus
- (in the genitive, used adjectivally) cheese; made of cheese; with added cheese
- siera salāti' ― cheese salad
- siera maizīte ― cheese bun
- siera radziņi ― cheese croissants
- siera cepumi ― cheese biscuits, crackers
- siera sviestam patīkama garša un aromāts ― cheese butter (has) pleasant taste and aroma
Declension
Declension of siers (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | siers | sieri |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sieru | sierus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | siera | sieru |
| dative (datīvs) | sieram | sieriem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sieru | sieriem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sierā | sieros |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sier | sieri |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “siers”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN