сыръ
Old Ruthenian
сыръ
Alternative forms
- сиръ (sir)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сꙑръ (syrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *syrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.
Noun
сыръ • (syr) m inan (related adjective сырный)
- cheese
- cheese wheel
Derived terms
- сыръникъ (syrnik)
- сырница (syrnicʲa)
Descendants
- Belarusian: сыр (syr)
- Rusyn: сыр (sŷr)
- Ukrainian: сир (syr)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2013), “сыръ, сиръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 33 (струна – треснутися), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 148