сычуг

Russian

Etymology

Related to synonymous Ukrainian сичу́г (syčúh), Belarusian сычу́г (syčúh).

Usually considered a Turkic borrowing and compared to Kipchak suzug (“intestines”) (Codex Cumanicus), Chagatai [script needed] (sučuk, “stuffed intestines”), Ottoman Turkish صوجوق (sucuk, “sausage”).[1][2] On the other hand, Trubačev considers сычуг (syčug) a native formation from сыти́ть (sytítʹ, “to sweeten”), typologically comparing German Lab (“rennet”), Labmagen (“rennet-bag”) : laben (“to refresh with, to enliven by exposing to, to let feast”), Ossetian а́хсӕн (áxsæn, “rennet-bag; ferment (starter) in making cheese”) : а́хсын (áxsyn, “to curdle”), and noting the ability of the abomasum to secrete an enzyme used in cheese-making.[2]

Compare also Old Armenian շիճուկ (šičuk, “whey”) and dialectal Turkish cücük, cıcuk, cucuk, çuçuk (“ferment (starter) in making curds and cheese”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨˈt͡ɕuk]

Noun

сычу́г • (syčúg) m inan (genitive сычуга́, nominative plural сычуги́, genitive plural сычуго́в)

  1. abomasum, maw, rennet-bag, the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • сычужо́к (syčužók)
  • сычу́жина (syčúžina)

References

  1. Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 431
  2. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сычуг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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