чиня

See also: чина

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *činiti. Cognate with Macedonian чини (čini) and Serbo-Croatian чѝнити / čìniti.

Verb

1. (transitive) to make, do
2. (transitive) to cost

   Synonym: струвам (struvam)

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to be good, be worthy, be worthwhile

   Synonyms: ставам (stavam), бива ме (biva me)

   Не чини ни пукната (счупена) пара (грош) (фразеологизъм) ― Ne čini ni puknata (sčupena) para (groš) (frazeologizǎm) ― It's not worth a dime. (idiom)

   Толкова ми чини ― Tolkova mi čini ― I couldn't care less. I don't give a hoot. It's all the same to me. (idiom, vernacular)

   • Димитър Талев (Dimitar Talev):

     Донеси ми от града локум с ядки. Колкото чини, ще си платя.

     Donesi mi ot grada lokum s jadki. Kolkoto čini, šte si platja.

     Bring me some Turkish delight with nuts from town. I'll pay what it costs.

   • Захари Стоянов (Zahari Stoyanov):

     И българинът позна на дело, че и той чини нещо.

     I bǎlgarinǎt pozna na delo, če i toj čini nešto.

     And Bulgarians realized indeed (in reality) that they, too, mattered.

   • Иван Вазов (Ivan Vazov):

     Из тоя кладенец само добичетата поим, водата не чини за хора, господине, не добра вода.

     Iz toja kladenec samo dobičetata poim, vodata ne čini za hora, gospodine, ne dobra voda.

     At this well we water only the cattle, the water's no good for humans, master, not good water.

   • Йордан Йовков (Yordan Yovkov)

     Разбирам да ми отбие от цената, ако материалът беше слаб, ако работата не чинеше.

     Razbiram da mi otbie ot cenata, ako materialǎt beše slab, ako rabotata ne čineše.

     I could well understand him not giving me the full price, if the material were weak, if the work were no good.

4. (intransitive) to seem, appear to be

   Synonym: струвам (struvam)

   чини ми се = струва ми се ― čini mi se = struva mi se ― it seems to me, it appears to me, to my mind

References

• “чиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪˈnʲa]

Participle

чиня́ • (činjá)

1. (deprecated template usage) present adverbial imperfective participle of чини́ть (činítʹ)