сыч

See also: Appendix:Variations of "syc"

Russian

Alternative forms

• сычъ (syč) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *syťь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨt͡ɕ]

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• Rhymes: -ɨt͡ɕ

Noun

сыч • (syč) m anim (genitive сыча́, nominative plural сычи́, genitive plural сыче́й, relational adjective сычи́ный or сычёвый, diminutive сы́чик)

1. an owl of genus Athene or Aegolius

   домо́вый сыч ― domóvyj syč ― (Athene noctua) little owl

   мохноно́гий сыч ― moxnonógij syč ― (Aegolius funereus) boreal owl

2. (poetic) owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
3. recluse

Declension

Declension of сыч (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сы́ч sýč	сычи́ syčí
genitive	сыча́ syčá	сыче́й syčéj
dative	сычу́ syčú	сыча́м syčám
accusative	сыча́ syčá	сыче́й syčéj
instrumental	сычо́м syčóm	сыча́ми syčámi
prepositional	сыче́ syčé	сыча́х syčáx

Derived terms

• сычева́ть impf (syčevátʹ)

See also

• сова́ f anim (sová)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сыч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “сыч”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “сыч”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN