siers

See also: SIers

Latvian

Siers

Etymology

From the same stem as the adjective sūrs (“bitter”) (q.v.), from which it is ultimately derived, in the (older) form *sūris or *sūrs; the original meaning was thus “bitter (one)”. The vowel was later changed under the influence of the common expression siet sieru “to make (lit. tie, bind) cheese”. Cognates include Lithuanian sū́ris, Old Prussian suris (sūris), sur (sūr), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Belarusian сыр (syr), Ukrainian сир (syr), Bulgarian си́рене (sírene), Czech sýr, Polish ser, Old Norse sýra (“sour milk”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English sūr, German sauer, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English sour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sīɛ̄ɾs]

Noun

siers m (1st declension)

1. cheese (dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk)

   siera ražošana ― cheese production

   skābpiena siers ― sour milk cheese

   kausētais siers ― processed cheese

   ciets, pusciets, mīksts siers ― hard, semi-hard, soft cheese

   trekns, liess siers ― fat, lean milk

   Latvijas, Holandes siers ― Latvian, Dutch cheese

   zaļais siers ― blue cheese

   siet sieru ― to prepare (lit. to tie, to bind) cheese (in the form of a circular disc, by wrapping it with cloth and placing it under pressure)

   biezpiens un siers ir ļoti labi bioloģiski vērtīgu olbaltumvielu, kalcija un fosfora avoti ― curd and cheese are very good sources of biologically valuable proteins, calcium and phosphorus

2. (in the genitive, used adjectivally) cheese; made of cheese; with added cheese

   siera salāti' ― cheese salad

   siera maizīte ― cheese bun

   siera radziņi ― cheese croissants

   siera cepumi ― cheese biscuits, crackers

   siera sviestam patīkama garša un aromāts ― cheese butter (has) pleasant taste and aroma

Declension

Declension of siers (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	siers	sieri
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sieru	sierus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	siera	sieru
dative (datīvs)	sieram	sieriem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sieru	sieriem
locative (lokatīvs)	sierā	sieros
vocative (vokatīvs)	sier	sieri