sььra

Ingrian

Sььraa.

Alternative forms

• siiru

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сыр (syr).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɨːrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɨːr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɨːrɑ/, [ˈʃɨːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɨːr, -ɨːrɑ
• Hyphenation: sьь‧ra

Noun

sььra

1. cheese
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31:

     Enstää hää antoi Kaștankalle leipää i rohoisen sььran kooren,

     First he gave Kaštanka some bread and a yellow crust of cheese,

Declension

Declension of sььra (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sььra	sььrat
genitive	sььran	sььroin
partitive	sььraa	sььroja
illative	sььraa	sььroi
inessive	sььraas	sььrois
elative	sььrast	sььroist
allative	sььralle	sььroille
adessive	sььraal	sььroil
ablative	sььralt	sььroilt
translative	sььraks	sььroiks
essive	sььranna, sььraan	sььroinna, sььroin
exessive1)	sььrant	sььroint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• juusto