меря

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měriti. Morphologically, a causative-iterative of мя́ра (mjára, “measure, extend”).

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ме́ря • (mérja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective мя́рвам or мя́рна)

1. (intransitive) to measure, to estimate
2. to try on (clothing)
3. (transitive) to aim at, to target
4. (reflexive with се) to weigh oneself
5. (reflexive with се, intransitive) to compare , to match

   с не́я той не се ме́ри

   s néja toj ne se méri

   he doesn't compare to her, he doesn't measure up to her

6. (reflexive with се) to aim

• мерение (merenie) (in derived terms)
  • измере́ние (izmerénie, “dimension”)
  • намере́ние (namerénie, “intension”)
  • умере́ние (umerénie, “measurement”) (dialectal)
• мер (mer) (in derived terms)
  • приме́р (primér, “example”)
  • разме́р (razmér, “size”)

• ме́рям (mérjam) (factative), мя́ркам (mjárkam) (semelfactive)
• мя́ра (mjára, “moderation”), ме́ра (méra, “measure”)
• мер (mer, “gauge”) (obsolete)

• “меря”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “меря”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѣ́рѭ, -ишь; -рилъ”, 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 100
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “меря”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 751
• “мѣрити”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

• ярем (jarem)

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ме́ря • (mérja)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ме́рить (méritʹ)