цирей

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier Bulgarian чи́рей (čírej), from Proto-Slavic *čirьjь. Equivalent to чир (čir, “ulcer”) (dialectal) +‎ -ей (-ej). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian чи̏р (“ulcer”), Slovene čȋr, čirȃj, Russian чи́рий (čírij), Ukrainian чи́р (čýr), чи́ряк (čýrjak), Polish сzуrеk.

Possibly a wanderwort found also in Greek σκίρρος (skírros, “callus”), Turkic (compare Turkish çirik (“pus”))

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sirɛj]

Noun

ци́рей • (círej) m

  1. carbuncle, boil, abscess
    Synonyms: гно́йна ра́на (gnójna rána), абсце́с (abscés)

Declension
Declension of ци́рей
singular plural
indefinite ци́рей
círej		 ци́реи
círei
definite
(subject form)		 ци́реят
círejat		 ци́реите
círeite
definite
(object form)		 ци́рея
círeja
count form — ци́рея
círeja

References
  • “цирей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “цирей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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