syrniki

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

syrniki

1. plural of syrnik

syrniki (plural syrnikis)

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of syrnik.
   • 1941 July, Marie Alexandre Markevitch, “Syrnikis”, in The Epicure in Imperial Russia, San Francisco, Calif.: The Colt Press, →OCLC, “Sweets” section, page 82:

     The Syrnikis may be either boiled or roasted; it is a question of taste.

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

     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.

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

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

   • 2019, C.D. Brown, chapter 11, in Fate’s Stiletto (Weapons of Fate; 1), [Grayson, Ga.]: Gryphonwood Press, →ISBN:

     Nina took a syrniki and popped it in her mouth.

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

     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.