# меня
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měniti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛˈnʲɤ̟]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

меня́ • (menjá) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (transitive) to change, to alter
* (reflexive with се) to change, to vary

#### Derived terms

* вменя pf (vmenja), вменявам impf (vmenjavam)
* заменя pf (zamenja), заменям impf (zamenjam)
* изменя pf (izmenja), изменям impf (izmenjam)
* обменя pf (obmenja), обменям impf (obmenjam)
* отменя pf (otmenja), отменям impf (otmenjam)
* подменя pf (podmenja), подменям impf (podmenjam)
* пременя се pf (premenja se), пременявам се impf (premenjavam se)
* променя pf (promenja), променям impf (promenjam)
* разменя pf (razmenja), разменям impf (razmenjam)
* сменя pf (smenja), сменям impf (smenjam)
* уменя pf (umenja), уменям impf (umenjam)
* меня́вам (menjávam), мену́вам (menúvam) (iterative)
* ме́нкам (ménkam) (semelfactive)
* (action/result noun) мена́ (mená)
* (action noun) мене́ж (menéž)
* (agent noun) мени́тел (menítel) (obsolete)
* (result noun) ме́нка (ménka)

### References

* “меня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “меня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѣнѭ́, -и́шь; -ни́лъ”, 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 99
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “меня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 739
* “мѣнити”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

## Omok
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian меня (menja, “me”).

### Pronoun

меня (menja)
* I

### References

* Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 118
* Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 265

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* мя (mja) — archaic/liturgical and colloquial

### Etymology

Perhaps from blending of Old East Slavic мене (mene) and Old East Slavic мѧ (mę); from Proto-Slavic *mene and Proto-Slavic *mę respectively.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mʲɪˈnʲa]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

меня́ • (menjá)
* genitive of я (ja): of me
* accusative of я (ja): me
    Меня́ зову́т И́горь.Menjá zovút Ígorʹ.My name is Igor.(literally, “They call me Igor.”)

#### Declension

* Archaic feminine form: оне́ (oné).
* The letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
* The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
* Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
* Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
* The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.
* Letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
* The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
* Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
* Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
* The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.

#### Descendants

* → Omok: меня (menja)