syrra

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from syster by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare Gustav > Gurra and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²sʏra/

Noun

syrra c

(colloquial) sister, sis
(colloquial) nurse

Declension

Declension of syrra
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	syrra	syrran	syrror	syrrorna
Genitive	syrras	syrrans	syrrors	syrrornas

Synonyms

syster

Antonyms

brorsa

Derived terms

lillasyrra
sjuksyrra
storasyrra

References

syrra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tomas Riad (2016), “Smeknamnet är redan givet”, in Språktidningen‎

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