ҫырт

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ïsïr- (“to bite”). Cognate with Turkish ısır- (“to bite”), Yakut ытыр (ıtır, “to bite”).

Verb

ҫырт • (śyrt)

  1. to bite
  2. to have a snack
  3. to adhere, to stick

Further reading
  • “ҫырт”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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