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Ossetian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Akin to Mingrelian ვირი (viri, “donkey; rat”).
Noun
уыры • (wyry) (plural уырытӕ) (Iron)
- rat
Descendants
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 125
- Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “уыры”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir