syrniki

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A form of syrnik — A fried Eastern Slavic quark (curd cheese) pancake.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of syrnik
nounsyrniki (plural syrnikis)

plural syrnikis

  1. alternativeproscribedAlternative form of syrnik.

    Nina took a syrniki and popped it in her mouth.

    2019, C.D. Brown, chapter 11, in Fate’s Stiletto (Weapons of Fate; 1), [Grayson, Ga.]: Gryphonwood Press, →ISBN
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    The Syrnikis may be either boiled or roasted; it is a question of taste.

    1941 July, Marie Alexandre Markevitch, “Syrnikis”, in The Epicure in Imperial Russia, San Francisco, Calif.: The Colt Press, →OCLC, “Sweets” section, page 82

    I would miss her enthusiasm and dedication – which kept me awake, most of the time, despite my hangovers and chronic lack of sleep – and I would also miss the little sweets she brought me once a week, usually on Fridays – blinis, syrnikis, home-made preserves.

    1997, Guillermo Erades, chapter 19, in Back to Moscow, London: Scribner, →ISBN, page 111

    The father of the small family snatched a syrniki from the plate in front of him.

    2017, C[hristopher] T[odd] Wente, chapter 50, in The Nearly Departed, [Scotts Valley, Calif.]: CreateSpace, →ISBN, page 499

    On the table were a plethora of dishes offering halved Malossol gherkins, cucumbers with dill, cheese dips, smoked trout rillettes, mushrooms marinated in garlic and dill, buckwheat blinis, caviar, crème fraiche, the inevitable Olivier salad, salmon egg canapés, salmon canapés, pirojkis, syrnikis.

    2024, Patrice Gilles, “Tuesday, 30 November 2010”, in The Trap, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Ukrainianси́рники
  2. Russianсы́рники
  3. Englishsyrniki

From Russian сы́рники (sýrniki) and Ukrainian си́рники (sýrnyky).

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APA

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Chicago

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