# сер
## Bashkir
### Etymology

From Arabic سِرّ (sirr, “secret”).
Cognate with Kazakh сыр (syr), Kyrgyz сыр (sır), Uzbek sir, Turkish sır (“secret”), etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɪ̞r]
* Hyphenation: сер (one syllable)

### Noun

сер • (ser)
* secret, hidden knowledge
    Быныһы минең өсөн мәңгелек сер булып ҡалды.Bınıhı mineñ ösön məñgelek ser bulıp qaldı.This remained an eternal secret to me.

#### Declension
## Komi-Zyrian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕer/, [ˈɕer]
* Rhymes: -er
* Hyphenation: сер

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Permic *śer, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śerɜ. Cognates include Hungarian szer (“tool”) and Tundra Nenets серʼ (śer°, “thing”).

#### Noun

сер • (śer)
* pattern, design
* spot, stain (on skin)
* ripple (moving disturbance in water)
* carving, fretwork, woodwork
* character, lifestyle, way of life
* (dialectal) mastery, skill

##### Declension

Possessive declension of сер :

##### Synonyms

* (character): сям (śam)
* (mastery): сям (śam)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Permic *śer, from Proto-Uralic [Term?]. Cognates include Eastern Mari шурмаҥше (šurmaŋše, “lynx”) and Tundra Nenets сармикʼ (sarḿik°, “wolf”).

#### Noun

сер • (śer)
* (dialectal) marten (Martes martes)

##### Declension

Possessive declension of сер :

##### Synonyms

* тулан (tulan)

### References

* Anu-Reet Hauzenberg (1972) Названия животных в коми языке [Names of animals in the Komi language], Tallinn: Estonian Academy of Sciences, page 42
* L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 577

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʲer]

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

сер • (ser)
* short masculine singular of се́рый (séryj)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

сер • (ser) f inan pl
* genitive plural of се́ра (séra)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sir, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Latin senior. Compare Russian and Belarusian сэр.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛr]
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* Rhymes: -ɛr
* Hyphenation: сер

### Noun

сер • (ser) m pers (genitive се́ра, nominative plural се́ри, genitive plural се́рів)
* Sir (titular prefix given to a knight or baronet)
* sir (respectful form of address to a man in an English-language context)

#### Declension
### See also

* пан m (pan)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 215
   * Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сер”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
   * “сер”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

### Further reading

* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “сер”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “сер”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “сер”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “сер”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)