сирене

See also: сирење

Bulgarian

Бяло саламурено сирене

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsirɛnɛ]

Noun

си́рене • (sírene) n

1. (uncountable) curd cheese

   обезмасле́но си́рене ― obezmasléno sírene ― defatted cheese

   пика́нтно си́рене ― pikántno sírene ― strong cheese

   пря́сно (неузря́ло) си́рене ― prjásno (neuzrjálo) sírene ― green cheese

2. (countable) piece of cheese

   две си́рена ― dve sírena ― two [lumps of] cheese

Usage notes

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 (brǎ́ndza).

Declension

Declension of си́рене

	singular	plural
indefinite	си́рене sírene	си́рена, си́ренета1 sírena, síreneta1
definite	си́ренето síreneto	си́рената, си́ренетата1 sírenata, sírenetata1

¹Rare.

Related terms

• су́ров (súrov, “raw”)
  • суровина́ (suroviná, “raw material, good”)
• съси́рек (sǎsírek, “clot”)

References

• сирене in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• сирене in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪˈrʲenʲe]

Noun

сире́не • (siréne) f inan or f anim

1. dative/prepositional singular of сире́на (siréna)