Parts of speech
Nouns |
сир, gen. сиру - cheese |
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сирок, gen. сирку or сирка - small individual cheese |
Adjectives |
сирний - relating or pertaining to cheese |
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Useful compounds |
вершковий сир - cream cheese м'який, твердий сир - soft, hard cheese сирний пиріг - cheese tart сирник - cheesecake |
Additional information
1. there are a number of traditional Ukrainian words for types of cheese,
including бринза or бриндзя (sheep's cheese traditionally
made in the Carpathian mountains) and сир домашній, also known
colloquially as тваріг (a white cow's cheese, often home-made, used
for cooking, and similar to curd cheese)
2. there is a folk saying:
жити, як сир у маслі - to live a prosperous life (literally, like
cheese in butter).
Related words
сироварня - cheese dairy
сирий - raw, uncooked