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”). 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.

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

Declension of сычу́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сычу́г syčúg	сычуги́ syčugí
genitive	сычуга́ syčugá	сычуго́в syčugóv
dative	сычугу́ syčugú	сычуга́м syčugám
accusative	сычу́г syčúg	сычуги́ syčugí
instrumental	сычуго́м syčugóm	сычуга́ми syčugámi
prepositional	сычуге́ syčugé	сычуга́х syčugáx

Coordinate terms

• рубе́ц m (rubéc, “rumen, paunch”)
• се́тка f (sétka, “reticulum, bonnet”)
• кни́жка f (knížka, “omasum, psalterium”)

Derived terms

• сычужо́к (syčužók)
• сычу́жина (syčúžina)