мера

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra, a doublet of мя́ра (mjára) with western pronunciation.

ме́ра • (méra) f

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of мя́ра (mjára)
2. (poetic) fate, lot, destiny

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

• “мера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ме́ра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 740

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

мера́ • (merá) f

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

   Synonyms: землище (zemlište), пасище (pasište)

• меря́ (merjá), мери́е (meríe)

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

• “мера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мера́²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 741

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɾa]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa

мера • (mera) f (relational adjective мерен)

1. degree, extent
2. moderation

Times of day

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From Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra). Cognates include Greek ημέρα (iméra), μέρα (méra).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲɛrɐ]
• Hyphenation: ме‧ра

ме́ра • (mjéra) f

1. day
2. afternoon

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.

• A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and 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

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲerə]

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

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

• безме́рный (bezmérnyj)
• 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)
• многоме́рный (mnogomérnyj)

• разме́р (razmér)
• соизмери́мый (soizmerímyj)

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

• мје̏ра (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.

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

ме̏ра f (Latin spelling mȅra)

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