sūris

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See also: suris, surís, surîs, and -suris

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Nominal derivative of sū́ras (“salty”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀras,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.[1] Cognate with Old Prussian suris,[1] Russian сыр (syr).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sū́ris m (plural sū́riai) stress pattern 1 [2]

  1. cheese[3]
Declension
Declension of sū́ris
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) sū́ris sū́riai
genitive (kilmininkas) sū́rio sū́rių
dative (naudininkas) sū́riui sū́riams
accusative (galininkas) sū́rį sū́rius
instrumental (įnagininkas) sū́riu sū́riais
locative (vietininkas) sū́ryje sū́riuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) sū́ri sū́riai
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Like Etymology 1, a nominal derivative of sū́ras (“salty”), with metatony.[4]

Pronunciation

Noun

sū̃ris m stress pattern 2 [5]

  1. saltiness
Declension
    Declension of sū̃ris
nominative sū̃ris
genitive sū̃rio
dative sū̃riui
accusative sū̃rį
instrumental sūriù
locative sū̃ryje
vocative sū̃ri
Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 483-484. →ISBN
  2. ^ “sū́ris” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  4. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sū́ras”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 616
  5. ^ “sū̃ris” in Balčikonis, op. cit.

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