сыре
See also: сырэ
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *siŕə, possibly inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *serä (“old, aged”) and cognate with Hungarian öreg (“old”). Ultimately may be of Indo-Iranian origin.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
сыре • (siŕe)
- old
- 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 134:
- Сынцтъ пельдестъ арасель эйкакштъ; несак Елисавѣта ульнесь ашачтыцяль, и кавонест ульнесть сыреть
- Sinct peľďest araśeľ ejkakšt; ńesak Jeľisavѣta uľńeś ašačtićaľ, i kavońest uľńesť siŕeť
- But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old
References edit
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сыре”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #892 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 142
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
сы́ре • (sýre) m inan
- prepositional singular of сыр (syr)