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)

1. cheese
2. cheese wheel

Derived terms

• сыръникъ (syrnik)
• сырница (syrnica)

Descendants

• Belarusian: сыр (syr)
• Carpathian 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), numbers 33 (струна – треснутися), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 148