сыч
Russian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
сыч • (syč) m anim (genitive сыча́, nominative plural сычи́, genitive plural сыче́й)
- an owl of genus Athene or Aegolius
- домо́вый сыч ― domóvyj syč ― (Athene noctua) little owl
- мохноно́гий сыч ― moxnonógij syč ― (Aegolius funereus) boreal owl
- (poetic) owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
- reclusive person
Declension
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
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