ширый

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Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ширъ (širŭ), from Proto-Slavic *širъ, further origin unknown.

Adjective

ширый (širyj)

  1. wide, broad
    Synonym: широкїй (širokij)
  2. big, large

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: шы́ры (šýry)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ши́рый (šýrŷj) (poetic)
  • Ukrainian: ши́рий (šýryj) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Dezső, László (1996) “ширый”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.] (in Russian), Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 182