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Belarusian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛta]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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мэ́та (métaf inan (genitive мэ́ты, nominative plural мэ́ты, genitive plural мэт)

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

Declension

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References

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  • 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