сирене

See also: сирење

Bulgarian

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сирене and бяло саламурено сирене

From Proto-Slavic *syřenьje (“curdling”), a fossilized verbal noun of Proto-Slavic *syriti (“to congeal”) (whence Bulgarian съси́ря се (săsírja se, “to clot (for blood)”)). Cognate with Macedonian сирење (sirenje).

си́рене • (sírene) n

(uncountable) curd cheese
обезмасле́но си́рене ― obezmasléno sírene ― defatted cheese

пика́нтно си́рене ― pikántno sírene ― strong cheese

пря́сно (неузря́ло) си́рене ― prjásno (neuzrjálo) sírene ― green cheese
(countable) piece of cheese
две сирена́ ― dve sirená ― two [lumps of] cheese

Typically refers to curd white (feta) cheese. Other sorts of curd cheese (yellow, red, etc.) are referred as кашкава́л (kaškavál). Moist and creamy sorts of cheese are known dialectally as бръ́ндза (brắndza).

Declension of си́рене
	singular	plural
indefinite	си́рене sírene	сирена́, си́ренета¹ sirená, síreneta¹
definite	си́ренето síreneto	сирена́та, си́ренетата¹ sirenáta, sírenetata¹

¹Rare.

“сирене”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“сирене”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сирене”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 689
“сирене”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024

сире́не • (siréne) f inan or f anim