мера
BulgarianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra, a doublet of мя́ра (mjára) and moderation (moderation). Spread into the Standard language from a Western dialect.
NounEdit
ме́ра • (méra) f (related adjective ме́рен)
- measure, extent
- (dialectal) measuring pot that contains a unit of volume /liter, pint, gallon, etc./
- (poetic) fate, destiny
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ме́ра
Alternative formsEdit
- мя́ра (mjára) – Eastern dialects
- мера́ (merá) – Northwestern dialects
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- мера in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “ме́ра¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 740
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “ме́ра²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 740
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “мера́¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 741
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرعی / مرعا (merʼa) (whence Turkish mera (“grassland”)), from Arabic مَرْعًى (marʿan).
NounEdit
мера́ • (merá) f
- (historical, dialectal) field that is free to be used for pasture
DeclensionEdit
Declension of мера́
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- мера in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- мера in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “мера́²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 741
MacedonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
мера • (mera) f (related adjective мерен)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of мера
Mariupol GreekEdit
| Previous: | пирно́с (pirnós) |
|---|---|
| Next: | спе́ра (spjéra) |
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra). Cognates include Greek ημέρα (iméra), μέρα (méra).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ме́ра • (mjéra) f (Greek spelling μέρα)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of ме́ра | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| nominative | ме́ра (mjéra) | ме́рис (mjéris) | |||
| oblique | ме́ра (mjéra) | ме́рис (mjéris) | |||
| *) Some dialects don't use the oblique plural form, instead using the nominative plural. | |||||
ReferencesEdit
- A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis; D. L. Demerdzhi; A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo; A. A. Shapurma; R. S. Kharabadot; D. K. Patricha (2006) Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 130
- G. A. Animica; M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса[1], Donetsk, page 83
RussianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- мѣ́ра (mě́ra) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ме́ра • (méra) f inan (genitive ме́ры, nominative plural ме́ры, genitive plural мер, diminutive ме́рка)
- (dated) A dry measure approximately equal to one pood of seeds, usually equated with the chetverik, standardized in 1902 as 26.239 liters.
- measure
- degree, extent, limit
- знать ме́ру ― znatʹ méru ― to know when to stop
- measure, step, action
- way
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- 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)
Related termsEdit
- разме́р (razmér)
See alsoEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Ijekavian): мје̏ра
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ме̏ра f (Latin spelling mȅra)