сычуг

Related to synonymous Ukrainian сичу́г (syčúh), Belarusian сычу́г (syčúh).

Usually considered a Turkic borrowing and compared to Kipchak suzug (“intestines”) (Codex Cumanicus), Chagatai (sučuk, “stuffed intestines”), Ottoman Turkish صوجوق (sucuk, “sausage”).^[1][2] On the other hand, Trubačev considers сычуг (syčug) a native formation from сыти́ть (sytítʹ, “to sweeten”), typologically comparing German Lab (“rennet”), Labmagen (“rennet-bag”) : laben (“to refresh with, to enliven by exposing to, to let feast”), Ossetian а́хсӕн (áxsæn, “rennet-bag; ferment (starter) in making cheese”) : а́хсын (áxsyn, “to curdle”), and noting the ability of the abomasum to secrete an enzyme used in cheese-making.^[2]

Compare also Old Armenian շիճուկ (šičuk, “whey”) and dialectal Turkish cücük, cıcuk, cucuk, çuçuk (“ferment (starter) in making curds and cheese”).

• IPA^(key):

сычу́г • (syčúg) m inan (genitive сычуга́, nominative plural сычуги́, genitive plural сычуго́в)

1. abomasum, maw, rennet-bag, the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

• рубе́ц m (rubéc, “rumen, paunch”)
• се́тка f (sétka, “reticulum, bonnet”)
• кни́жка f (knížka, “omasum, psalterium”)

• сычужо́к (syčužók)
• сычу́жина (syčúžina)