мера

See also: меря and мэра

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra, a doublet of Bulgarian мя́ра (mjára, “moderation”). Spread into the Standard language from a Western dialect.

Noun

ме́ра • (méra) f

1. measure, extent
2. (dialectal) measuring pot that contains a unit of volume /liter, pint, gallon, etc./
3. (poetic) fate, destiny

   Synonyms: съдба (sǎdba), доля (dolja), орисия (orisija)

   мера според мера ― mera spored mera ― whatever Fate has to bring

Declension

Declension of ме́ра

	singular	plural
indefinite	ме́ра méra	ме́ри méri
definite	ме́рата mérata	ме́рите mérite

Alternative forms

• мя́ра (mjára) (Eastern dialects)
• мера́ (merá) (Northwestern dialects)

Derived terms

• ме́ря (mérja, “to measure”)
  • мя́рка (mjárka, “measure”)
• мера́ч (meráč, “meter, measurer”)

References

• мера in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “ме́ра¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 740
• Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “ме́ра²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 740
• Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “мера́¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 741

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرعی‎ / مرعا‎ (merʼa) (whence Turkish mera (“grassland”)), from Arabic مَرْعًى‎ (marʿan).

Noun

мера́ • (merá) f

1. (historical, dialectal) field that is free to be used for pasture

   Synonyms: землище (zemlište), пасище (pasište)

Declension

Declension of мера́

	singular	plural
indefinite	мера́ merá	мери́ merí
definite	мера́та meráta	мери́те meríte

Alternative forms

• меря́ (merjá), мери́е (meríe)

Derived terms

• ме́рище (mérište) (augmentative)
• мераджи́я (meradžíja, “field guard”) (historical)

References

• мера in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• мера in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
• Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “мера́²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 741

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɾa]

Noun

мера • (mera) f

1. degree, extent
2. moderation

Inflection

Declension of мера

	singular	plural
indefinite	мера	мери
definite unspecified	мерата	мерите
definite proximal	мерава	мериве
definite distal	мерана	мерине
vocative	меро	мери

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Russian

Alternative forms

• мѣ́ра (mě́ra) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲerə]

• Audio

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Noun

ме́ра • (méra) f inan (genitive ме́ры, nominative plural ме́ры, genitive plural мер)

1. (dated) A dry measure approximately equal to one pood of seeds, usually equated with the chetverik, standardized in 1902 as 26.239 liters.
2. measure
3. degree, extent, limit

   знать ме́ру ― znatʹ méru ― to know when to stop

4. measure, step, action
5. way

Declension

Declension of ме́ра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ме́ра méra	ме́ры méry
genitive	ме́ры méry	ме́р mér
dative	ме́ре mére	ме́рам méram
accusative	ме́ру méru	ме́ры méry
instrumental	ме́рой, ме́рою méroj, méroju	ме́рами mérami
prepositional	ме́ре mére	ме́рах mérax

Derived terms

• ме́рить (méritʹ)
• ме́рка (mérka)
• ме́рный (mérnyj), ме́рно (mérno)
• мери́ло (merílo)
• по ме́ньшей ме́ре (po ménʹšej mére), по кра́йней ме́ре (po krájnej mére)
• по ме́ре того́ как (po mére tovó kak)
• мероприя́тие (meroprijátije)
• соразме́рность (sorazmérnostʹ)

See also

• бала́нс (baláns)
• едини́ца (jediníca), этало́н (etalón)
• сре́дство (srédstvo)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): мје̏ра

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêra/
• Hyphenation: ме‧ра

Noun

ме̏ра f (Latin spelling mȅra)

1. measure
2. dimension, size
3. rate
4. degree
5. extent
6. unit

Declension

Declension of мера

	singular	plural
nominative	ме̏ра	мере
genitive	мере	ме̑ра̄
dative	мери	мерама
accusative	меру	мере
vocative	меро	мере
locative	мери	мерама
instrumental	мером	мерама