меча

Of onomatopoeic origin, formally reflecting an earlier *mečiti (i-conjugation), *mekati (a/j-conjugation).

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ме́ча • (méča) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)

1. (intransitive) to utter soft, serene sounds
   1. (of felines) to meow
   2. (of bovids) to bleat
   3. (of people) to talk softly, gently

• муча́ (mučá), му́кам (múkam, “to moo”)

• ме́кам (mékam), мя́кам (mjákam) (intensive, factitive)

• “меча”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ме́чѭ, -ишь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 63
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “меча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 775

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękti (C/j-conjugation), *mękati (a/j-conjugation).

ме́ча • (méča) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ме́кна) (dated, obsolete)

1. (transitive) to knead, to press, to apply force/thrust into something

Only derived terms have survived in contemporary dialects.

• мек (mek, “soft”)
  • ме́квам (mékvam) (semelfactive)
  • смекча́ (smekčá) (causative)
• мъ́ча (mǎ́ča, “to torment”) (o-grade causative-iterative)

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “ме́чкамъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 208

• IPA^(key):

меча́ • (mečá) m inan

1. genitive singular of меч (meč)

меча́ • (mečá)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of мета́ть (metátʹ)

• IPA^(key):

меча́ • (mečá)

1. genitive singular of меч (meč)