сыре

See also: сырэ

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *siŕə, possibly inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *serä (“old, aged”) and cognate with Hungarian öreg (“old”). Ultimately may be of Indo-Iranian origin.

Adjective

сыре • (siŕe)

1. old
   • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎^[1], page 134:

     Сынцтъ пельдестъ арасель эйкакштъ; несак Елисавѣта ульнесь ашачтыцяль, и кавонест ульнесть сыреть.

     Sinct peľďest araśeľ ejkakšt; ńesak Jeľisavѣta uľńeś ašačtićaľ, i kavońest uľńesť siŕeť .

     But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сыре”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #892 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 142

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɨrʲe]

Noun

сы́ре • (sýre) m inan

1. prepositional singular of сыр (syr)