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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna.
Pronunciation
Noun
мена́ • (mená) f
- change, alteration, amendment
- (by extension) moon's phase
Declension
Derived terms
- меня́ (menjá) (causative-iterative verb)
References
- “мена”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѣна́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 99
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мена”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 733
- “мѣна”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna.
Pronunciation
Noun
мена • (mena) f
- lunar phase
- (archaic) change
Declension
- мени (meni) (causative-iterative verb)
References
- “мена” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna.
Pronunciation
Noun
ме́на • (ména) f inan (genitive ме́ны, nominative plural ме́ны, genitive plural мен)
- exchange, barter, swap
- Synonyms: заме́на (zaména), сме́на (sména), обме́н (obmén); ба́ртер (bártɛr)
Declension
- меня́ла (menjála), заме́на (zaména), обме́н (obmén)
- обме́нный (obménnyj), сме́нный (sménnyj), незамени́мый (nezamenímyj), несменяемый (nesmenjajemyj)
- меня́ть (menjátʹ), выме́нивать (vyménivatʹ), вы́менять (výmenjatʹ), изменя́ть (izmenjátʹ), измени́ть (izmenítʹ)
- посменно (posmenno), попереме́нно (popereménno)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /měːna/
- Hyphenation: ме‧на
Noun
ме́на f (Latin spelling ména)
- change
- phase
- lunation
Declension
Synonyms
References
- “мена”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024