чиня

See also: чина

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Verb

чи́ня • (čínja) first-singular present indicative, impf

(transitive) to make, do
(transitive) to cost
Synonym: стру́вам (strúvam)
(intransitive, colloquial) to be good, be worthy, be worthwhile
Synonyms: ста́вам (stávam), бива ме (biva me)

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

Толкова ми чини (idiom, vernacular)
Tolkova mi čini
I couldn't care less. I don't give a hoot. It's all the same to me.
- Димитър Талев (Dimitǎr 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 Stojanov):
  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 (Jordan Jovkov)
  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 was weak, if the work was no good.
(intransitive) to seem, appear to be
Synonym: стру́вам (strúvam)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of чи́ня (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	чи́нещ čínešt	чи́нил, чини́л¹ čínil, činíl¹	чи́нел čínel	чи́нен čínen		чи́нейки čínejki
	definite subject form	чи́нещият číneštijat	чи́нилият, чини́лият¹ čínilijat, činílijat¹	—	чи́неният čínenijat
	definite object form	чи́нещия číneštija	чи́нилия, чини́лия¹ čínilija, činílija¹	—	чи́нения čínenija
feminine	indefinite	чи́неща čínešta	чи́нила, чини́ла¹ čínila, činíla¹	чи́нела čínela	чи́нена čínena
feminine	definite	чи́нещата číneštata	чи́нилата, чини́лата¹ čínilata, činílata¹	—	чи́нената čínenata
neuter	indefinite	чи́нещо čínešto	чи́нило, чини́ло¹ čínilo, činílo¹	чи́нело čínelo	чи́нено číneno	чи́нене čínene
neuter	definite	чи́нещото číneštoto	чи́нилото, чини́лото¹ číniloto, činíloto¹	—	чи́неното čínenoto	чи́ненето číneneto
plural	indefinite	чи́нещи čínešti	чи́нили, чини́ли¹ čínili, činíli¹	чи́нели číneli	чи́нени číneni	чи́нения, чи́ненета čínenija, číneneta
plural	definite	чи́нещите číneštite	чи́нилите, чини́лите¹ čínilite, činílite¹	—	чи́нените čínenite	чи́ненията, чи́ненетата čínenijata, čínenetata

person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		чи́ня čínja	чи́ниш číniš	чи́ни číni	чи́ним čínim	чи́ните čínite	чи́нят čínjat
imperfect		чи́нех číneh	чи́неше číneše	чи́неше číneše	чи́нехме čínehme	чи́нехте čínehte	чи́неха číneha
aorist		чи́них, чини́х¹ čínih, činíh¹	чи́ни, чини́¹ číni, činí¹	чи́ни, чини́¹ číni, činí¹	чи́нихме, чини́хме¹ čínihme, činíhme¹	чи́нихте, чини́хте¹ čínihte, činíhte¹	чи́ниха, чини́ха¹ číniha, činíha¹
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
future	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future in the past	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and чи́нел m, чи́нела f, чи́нело n, or чи́нели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future and future in the past	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and чи́нел m, чи́нела f, чи́нело n, or чи́нели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future and future in the past	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́нел m, чи́нела f, чи́нело n, or чи́нели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
future and future in the past	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
conditional		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and чи́нил/чини́л¹ m, чи́нила/чини́ла¹ f, чи́нило/чини́ло¹ n, or чи́нили/чини́ли¹ pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
imperative			чини́ činí			чине́те činéte

¹Dialectally marked.

References

“чиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“чиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

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Participle

чиня́ • (činjá)

present adverbial imperfective participle of чини́ть (činítʹ)

чиня

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