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^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.