сиръ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⱄⰻⱃⱏ (sirŭ) — Glagolitic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirъ.

Adjective

сиръ • (sirŭ) (not comparable)

1. orphaned
2. (figuratively) orphaned (abandoned, lonely)
   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 14:18:

     не оставлѭ васъ сиръ · придѫ къ вамъ ·

     ne ostavljǫ vasŭ sirŭ · pridǫ kŭ vamŭ ·

     I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.

3. (figuratively) empty, deserted
   • 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 335, line 22:

     беꙁ мѫжьства· и въ сирѣхъ словесехъ беꙁ оума ѥдинъ·

     bez mǫžĭstva· i vŭ sirěxŭ slovesexŭ bez uma jedinŭ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “сиръ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sirъ.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsirʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʲirʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʲir/
• Hyphenation: си‧ръ

Adjective

сиръ (sirŭ) (not comparable)

1. orphaned
2. (figuratively) orphaned (abandoned, lonely)
3. (figuratively) empty, deserted

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Russian: си́рый (síryj) (archaic)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “сирꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 360