мета

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

мета́ • (metá) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective метна)

1. (ditransitive) to sweep, to broom
2. (reflexive with се) to get away, to vanish

   Synonyms: изчезвам (izčezvam), махам (maham)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• вмета́ (vmetá), вми́там (vmítam, “to sweep under, into”)
• домета́ (dometá), доми́там (domítam, “to finish sweeping”)
• измета́ (izmetá), изми́там (izmítam, “to sweep out”)
• замета́ (zametá), зами́там (zamítam, “to get sweeping”)
• омета́ (ometá), оми́там (omítam, “to sweep, to toss off”)
• помета́ (pometá), поми́там (pomítam, “to sweep away”)
• подмета́ (podmetá), подми́там (podmítam, “to give a quick sweep”)
• премета́ (premetá), преми́там (premítam, “to broom here and there”)
• смета́ (smetá), сми́там (smítam, “to sweep into a pile”)
• умета́ (umetá), уми́там (umítam, “to get, to sweep out of sight”)
• метла (metla, “broom”)
• метач m (metač), метачка f (metačka, “sweeper (agent)”)

Related terms

• мя́там (mjátam, “to toss”)
• мотая (motaja, “to reel, to wind”)
• смет (smet, “dirt, rubbish, litter”)
  • сметище (smetište, “landfill”)

References

• “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), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 763

Anagrams

• тема (tema)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛta

Noun

мета • (meta) f

1. target

Declension

Russian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• мѣ́та (mě́ta) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

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Noun

ме́та • (méta) f 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

Related terms

• ме́тка (métka)
• поме́та (pométa), поме́тка (pométka)
• ме́тить impf (métitʹ), поме́тить pf (pométitʹ)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mēta.

Pronunciation

• ме́та: IPA^(key):
• мета́: IPA^(key):

Noun

ме́та or мета́ • (méta or metá) f inan (genitive ме́ты or меты́, nominative plural ме́ты, genitive plural мет)

1. (dated) goal, target
2. (dated, figurative) object of desire

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian meta, from Latin mēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měːta/
• Hyphenation: ме‧та

Noun

ме́та f (Latin spelling méta)

1. target

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed, via Polish meta, from Latin mēta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

мета́ • (metá) f inan (genitive мети́, nominative plural ме́ти, genitive plural мет)

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

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мета”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka