мэта

Belarusian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mēta, possibly via Polish meta. Compare Ukrainian мета́ (metá, “goal, objective”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛta]

• Audio:

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Noun

мэ́та • (méta) f inan (genitive мэ́ты, nominative plural мэ́ты, genitive plural мэт)

1. purpose, intention, goal (a result that one is attempting to achieve)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	мэ́та méta	мэ́ты méty
genitive	мэ́ты méty	мэт met
dative	мэ́це mécje	мэ́там métam
accusative	мэ́ту métu	мэ́ты méty
instrumental	мэ́тай, мэ́таю métaj, métaju	мэ́тамі métami
locative	мэ́це mécje	мэ́тах métax
count form	—	мэ́ты1 méty1

Declension of мэ́та (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “мэта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "мэта" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мета”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 9