мета

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

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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)

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

• “мета”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мета”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 763

• тема (tema)

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• Rhymes: -ɛta

мета • (meta) f

1. target

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

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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)

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

Borrowed from Latin mēta.

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• мета́: IPA^(key):

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

Borrowed from Italian meta, from Latin mēta.

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

ме́та f (Latin spelling méta)

1. target

Borrowed, via Polish meta, from Latin mēta.

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

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

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мета”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka