щир

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtir]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ščirъ.

Noun

щир • (štir) m

1. amaranth (Amaranthus gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of щир

	singular
indefinite	щир štir
definite (subject form)	щи́рът štírǎt
definite (object form)	щи́ра štíra

Derived terms

• щири́ца (štiríca)

Descendants

• → Gagauz: iştir
• → Romanian: știr
• → Ottoman Turkish: اشتیر (iştir), اشتر (iştir)
  • Turkish: iştir, ıştır

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek στείρος (steíros).

Adjective

щир • (štir)

1. (popular) infecund, not succeeding in getting children

Declension

Declension of щир (no comparative)

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	щир štir	щи́ра štíra	щи́ро štíro	щи́ри štíri
definite (subject form)	щи́рият štírijat	щи́рата štírata	щи́рото štíroto	щи́рите štírite
definite (object form)	щи́рия štírija

Derived terms

• щири́ца (štiríca)

Further reading

• “щир”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014