Jump to content

мета

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Bulgarian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *mesti (to throw, to sweep).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

мета́ (metá) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective метна)

  1. (ditransitive) to sweep, to broom
  2. (reflexive with се) to get away, to vanish
    Synonyms: изчезвам (izčezvam), махам (maham)

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  • мета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мета”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 763

Anagrams

[edit]

Macedonian

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

мета (metaf

  1. target

Declension

[edit]
Declension of мета
singular plural
indefinite мета (meta) мети (meti)
definite unspecified метата (metata) метите (metite)
definite proximal метава (metava) метиве (metive)
definite distal метана (metana) метине (metine)
vocative мето (meto) мети (meti)

Russian

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

ме́та (métaf inan (genitive ме́ты, nominative plural ме́ты, genitive plural мет)

  1. (dated) mark, label, sign
  2. (dated) distinguishing characteristic (what distinguishes two otherwise identical or similar things)
  3. (economics) profit sharing contract (contract where the participants equally share profits and losses)
Declension
[edit]
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin mēta.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • ме́та: IPA(key): [ˈmʲetə]
  • мета́: IPA(key): [mʲɪˈta]

Noun

[edit]

ме́та or мета́ (méta or metáf inan (genitive ме́ты or меты́, nominative plural ме́ты, genitive plural мет)

  1. (dated) goal, target
  2. (dated, figurative) object of desire
Declension
[edit]

Serbo-Croatian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Italian meta, from Latin mēta.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /měːta/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧та

Noun

[edit]

ме́та f (Latin spelling méta)

  1. target

Declension

[edit]

Ukrainian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed, via Polish meta, from Latin mēta.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [meˈta]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

мета́ (metáf inan (genitive мети́, nominative plural ме́ти, genitive plural мет)

  1. goal, objective
  2. aim, purpose
  3. idea, end

Declension

[edit]

References

[edit]