щир

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Bulgarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ščirъ.

Noun[edit]

щир • (štir) m

  1. amaranth (Amaranthus gen. et spp.)
Declension[edit]
Declension of щир
singular
indefinite щир
štir
definite
(subject form) 		щи́рът
štírǎt
definite
(object form) 		щи́ра
štíra
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Gagauz: iştir
  • → Romanian: știr
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اشتیر (iştir), اشتر (iştir)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Greek στείρος (steíros).

Adjective[edit]

щир • (štir)

  1. (popular) infecund, not succeeding in getting children
Declension[edit]
Declension of щир (no comparative)
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite щир
štir 		щи́ра
štíra 		щи́ро
štíro 		щи́ри
štíri
definite
(subject form) 		щи́рият
štírijat 		щи́рата
štírata 		щи́рото
štíroto 		щи́рите
štírite
definite
(object form) 		щи́рия
štírija
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “щир”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
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