сирый

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сиръ (sirŭ), сирꙑи (siryi), from Proto-Slavic *sirъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲirɨj]

Adjective

си́рый • (síryj) (comparative (по)сире́е or (по)сире́й)

  1. (archaic) orphaned, lonely, deserted

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сирый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “сирый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 165

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