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]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -irɛj
• Syllabification^(key): ци‧рей

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