сыч

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨt͡ɕ]

Noun

сыч • (syč) m anim (genitive сыча́, nominative plural сычи́, genitive plural сыче́й)

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. reclusive person

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

See also

• сова́ (sová)

Further reading

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