сириец

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Си́рия (Sírija) +‎ -и́ец (-íec)

Pronunciation

Noun

сири́ец (siríecm (feminine сири́йка)

  1. Syrian man

Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

сири́ец (siríjecm anim (genitive сири́йца, nominative plural сири́йцы, genitive plural сири́йцев, feminine сири́йка)

  1. Syrian
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      — Кто ты по крови?
      — Я точно не знаю, — живо ответил арестованный, — я не помню моих родителей. Мне говорили, что мой отец был сириец
      — Kto ty po krovi?
      — Ja točno ne znaju, — živo otvetil arestovannyj, — ja ne pomnju moix roditelej. Mne govorili, što moj otec byl sirijec
      ‘Who are you by blood?’
      ‘I don’t know exactly,’ the arrested man replied animatedly, ‘I don’t remember my parents. I was told that my father was a Syrian...’

Declension