Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirъ.

Adjective

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сиръ (sirŭ) (not comparable)

  1. orphaned
  2. (figuratively) orphaned (abandoned, lonely)
    • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 14:18:
      не оставлѭ васъ сиръ · придѫ къ вамъ ·
      ne ostavljǫ vasŭ sirŭ · pridǫ kŭ vamŭ ·
      I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.
  3. (figuratively) empty, deserted
    • 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 335, line 22:
      беꙁ мѫжьства· и въ сирѣхъ словесехъ беꙁ оума ѥдинъ·
      bez mǫžĭstva· i vŭ sirěxŭ slovesexŭ bez uma jedinŭ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirъ.

Pronunciation

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  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsirʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲirʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲir/
  • Hyphenation: си‧ръ

Adjective

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сиръ (sirŭ) (not comparable)

  1. orphaned
  2. (figuratively) orphaned (abandoned, lonely)
  3. (figuratively) empty, deserted

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  • Russian: си́рый (síryj) (archaic)

References

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Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “сирꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 360