кырый

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kïr- (“to break, demolish; small; to scrape, shave”). Cognate with Yakut кыра (kıra, “small”), Turkish kırmak (“to break”), Azerbaijani qırmaq, etc.

Verb

кырый • (kırıy)

1. (transitive) to cut, to clip, to shear

Synonyms

• кэй (key, “to stab, to gore”)
• кэрт (kert, “to chop, to hack, to cut”)
• кыс (kıs, “to cut”)
• сарбый (sarbıy, “to cut, to trim (literally or figuratively)”)
• тыыр (tıır, “to cut, to tear”)
• тэл (tel, “to cut”)
• хоруй (qoruy, “to scrape, to shave”)
• хот (qot, “to cut, to penetrate”)

Derived terms

• кырбаа (kırbaa, “to chop, to beat”)
• кырт (kırt, “to cut, to shear, to mow”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare кырдьаҕас (kırjağas, “old”).

Verb

кырый • (kırıy)

1. (intransitive) to age, to become old

Derived terms

• (causative) кырыт (kırıt)

See also

• (both etymologies) кырыйар (kırıyar)