сыч
Russian
Alternative forms
- сычъ (syč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *syťь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɨt͡ɕ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɨt͡ɕ
Noun
сыч • (syč) m anim (genitive сыча́, nominative plural сычи́, genitive plural сыче́й, relational adjective сычи́ный or сычёвый, diminutive сы́чик)
- an owl of genus Athene or Aegolius
- домо́вый сыч ― domóvyj syč ― (Athene noctua) little owl
- мохноно́гий сыч ― moxnonógij syč ― (Aegolius funereus) boreal owl
- (poetic) owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
- recluse
Declension
Derived terms
- сычева́ть impf (syčevátʹ)
See also
- сова́ f anim (sová)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сыч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “сыч”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- сыч in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru