сиг

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sig"

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian сигъ (sig) attested in 1496, borrowed from Old Novgorodian сиге (sige). Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *siika, of unknown further origin. Compare also Swedish sik, Norwegian Nynorsk sik and Latvian sīga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sʲik]
Audio: (file)

Noun

сиг • (sig) m anim (genitive сига́, nominative plural сиги́, genitive plural сиго́в)

A whitefish of the family Coregoninae, including:
Coregonus vandesius, vendace (species)

Coregonus lavaretus or Coregonus pennantii, gwyniad/gwuniad (species)

Coregonus pollan, pollan (species)

Declension

Declension of сиг (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	си́г síg	сиги́ sigí
genitive	сига́ sigá	сиго́в sigóv
dative	сигу́ sigú	сига́м sigám
accusative	сига́ sigá	сиго́в sigóv
instrumental	сиго́м sigóm	сига́ми sigámi
prepositional	сиге́ sigé	сига́х sigáx

Derived terms

атланти́ческий сиг m (atlantíčeskij sig)

Descendants

Taimyr Pidgin Russian: сиг (sig)
→ Armenian: սիգ (sig)
→ Belarusian: сіг (sih), сіга f (siha)
→ Czech: síh
→ Komi-Zyrian: сиг (śig)
→ Polish: siga
→ Ukrainian: сиг (syh)