сырник

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian си́рник (sýrnyk). By surface analysis, сыр (syr) +‎ -ник (-nik), though сыр (syr) is not usually used to refer to quark in Russian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɨrnʲɪk]
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Noun

сы́рник • (sýrnikm inan (genitive сы́рника, nominative plural сы́рники, genitive plural сы́рников, relational adjective сы́рниковый, diminutive сы́рничек)

  1. syrnik, a fried quark pancake
    Synonym: (native word now displaced with the borrowing) творо́жник (tvoróžnik)

Declension

Descendants

  • English: syrnik