мезе
See also: meze
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛˈzɛ]
Noun
мезе́ • (mezé) n
- (colloquial) meze, snack
Declension
Declension of мезе́
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мезе́ mezé | мезе́та mezéta |
| definite | мезе́то mezéto | мезе́тата mezétata |
Macedonian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛzɛ]
Noun
мезе • (meze) n
- (colloquial) snack
Declension
Declension of мезе
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мезе | мезиња |
| definite unspecified | мезето | мезињата |
| definite proximal | мезево | мезињава |
| definite distal | мезено | мезињана |
| vocative | мезе | мезиња |
Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *mi. Cognates include Erzya мезе (meze), Finnish mikä, Estonian mis, Livonian mis, Northern Sami [Term?] (mii), Eastern Mari мо (mo), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Udmurt ма (ma), Khanty мўй (mŭj), Mansi ма̄ныр (mānyr), Hungarian mi.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mezʲæ/[1]
Pronoun
мезе • (meze)
- (interrogative, relative) what
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
- аш мезе, аш месть ― aš meze, aš mestʹ ― nothing
- мезе-бъди, кати-мезе ― meze-bʺdi, kati-meze ― something
- мезевок ― mezevok ― nothing
- лия мезе ― lija meze ― type (variety/character of something)
- ули мезенкса ― uli mezenksa ― to be worth
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
Declension
Indefinite declension of мезе
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | мезе (meze) | — |
| genitive | мезень (mezenʹ) | — |
| dative | мезенди (mezendi) | — |
| ablative | мезьда (mezʹda) | — |
| inessive | мезьса (mezʹsa) | — |
| elative | мезьста (mezʹsta) | — |
| illative | мезьс (mezʹs) | — |
| prolative | мезьга (mezʹga) | — |
| comparative | мезьшка (mezʹška) | — |
| translative | мезькс (mezʹks) | — |
| abessive | мезьфтома (mezʹftoma) | — |
| causative | мезенкса (mezenksa) | — |
References
- mis in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- мѐза
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to мезѐтлук.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /měze/
- Hyphenation: ме‧зе
Noun
мѐзе n (Latin spelling mèze)
- (regional) snack, bite
Declension
Declension of мезе
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | мезе | меза |
| genitive | меза | меза |
| dative | мезу | мезима |
| accusative | мезе | меза |
| vocative | мезе | меза |
| locative | мезу | мезима |
| instrumental | мезем | мезима |
Derived terms
- мѐзетити
- замѐзетити
References
- “мезе” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462