# мета
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛˈtɤ]

### Verb

мета́ • (metá) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective метна)
* (ditransitive) to sweep, to broom
* (reflexive with се) to get away, to vanish
    Synonyms: изчезвам (izčezvam), махам (maham)

#### Derived terms

* вмета́ (vmetá), вми́там (vmítam, “to sweep under, into”)
* домета́ (dometá), доми́там (domítam, “to finish sweeping”)
* измета́ (izmetá), изми́там (izmítam, “to sweep out”)
* замета́ (zametá), зами́там (zamítam, “to get sweeping”)
* омета́ (ometá), оми́там (omítam, “to sweep, to toss off”)
* помета́ (pometá), поми́там (pomítam, “to sweep away”)
* подмета́ (podmetá), подми́там (podmítam, “to give a quick sweep”)
* премета́ (premetá), преми́там (premítam, “to broom here and there”)
* смета́ (smetá), сми́там (smítam, “to sweep into a pile”)
* умета́ (umetá), уми́там (umítam, “to get, to sweep out of sight”)
* метла (metla, “broom”)
* метач m (metač), метачка f (metačka, “sweeper (agent)”)

#### Related terms

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

### References

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

### Anagrams

* тема (tema)

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛta]
* Rhymes: -ɛta

### Noun

мета • (meta) f
* target

#### Declension
## Russian
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmʲetə]

#### Noun

ме́та • (méta) f inan (genitive ме́ты, nominative plural ме́ты, genitive plural мет)
* (dated) mark, label, sign
* (dated) distinguishing characteristic (what distinguishes two otherwise identical or similar things)
* (economics) profit sharing contract (contract where the participants equally share profits and losses)

##### Related terms

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

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mēta.

#### Pronunciation

* ме́та: IPA: [ˈmʲetə]
* мета́: IPA: [mʲɪˈta]

#### Noun

ме́та or мета́ • (méta or metá) f inan (genitive ме́ты or меты́, nominative plural ме́ты, genitive plural мет)
* (dated) goal, target
* (dated, figurative) object of desire

##### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian meta, from Latin mēta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /měːta/
* Hyphenation: ме‧та

### Noun

ме́та f (Latin spelling méta)
* target

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed, via Polish meta, from Latin mēta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [meˈta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

мета́ • (metá) f inan (genitive мети́, nominative plural ме́ти, genitive plural мет)
* goal, objective
* aim, purpose
* idea, end

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мета”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka