сирень
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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
сире́нь • (sirénʹ) f inan (genitive сире́ни, nominative plural сире́ни, genitive plural сире́ней)
- lilac (Syringa)
- 1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 5”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
- Оте́ц и сын вы́шли на терра́су, под наве́с марки́зы; во́зле пери́л, на столе́, ме́жду больши́ми буке́тами сире́ни, уже́ кипе́л самова́р.
- Otéc i syn výšli na terrásu, pod navés markízy; vózle períl, na stolé, méždu bolʹšími bukétami siréni, užé kipél samovár.
- Father and son went out on to the terrace under the shelter of the awning; the samovar was already boiling on the table near the balustrade among great bunches of lilac.
Declension
Declension of сире́нь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Derived terms
- сире́невый (sirénevyj)