Sybir

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ.bir/
  • Rhymes: -ɨbir
  • Syllabification: Sy‧bir
  • Homophone: sybir

Proper noun

Sybir m inan

  1. (dated) Siberia
    Synonym: Syberia
  2. (historical) Siberia as a place of exile for prisoners and those repressed by the tsarist authorities in Russia and later the authorities of the USSR

Declension
Declension of Sybir
singular
nominative Sybir
genitive Sybiru
dative Sybirowi
accusative Sybir
instrumental Sybirem
locative Sybirze
vocative Sybirze

Derived terms
adjective
  • sybirski
adjectives
nouns

Further reading
  • Sybir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Sybir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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