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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
Noun
ци́рей • (círej) m
- carbuncle, boil, abscess
- Synonyms: гно́йна ра́на (gnójna rána), абсце́с (abscés)
Declension
Declension of ци́рей
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singular
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plural
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ци́рей
círej
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ци́реи
círei
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definite
(subject form)
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ци́реят
círejat
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ци́реите
círeite
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definite
(object form)
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ци́рея
círeja
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| count form
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ци́рея
círeja
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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