мях

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• мех (meh), мeф (mef) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲa̟x]

Noun

мях • (mjah) m (diminutive мя́хче)

1. bag, sack (made of animal skin)

Declension

Declension of мях

	singular	plural
indefinite	мях mjah	мехове́ mehové
definite (subject form)	мехъ́т mehǎ́t	мехове́те mehovéte
definite (object form)	меха́ mehá
count form	—	мя́ха mjáha

Derived terms

nouns

• ме́хчина (méhčina, “bellows, pauch”) (dialectal)
• (instrumental noun) ме́шница (méšnica, “bagpipe”)
• меху́ница (mehúnica, “cocoon”)
• меху́нка (mehúnka, “cocoon”)
• меху́р (mehúr, “blister”)
• (instrumental noun) меши́ло (mešílo)
• (augmentative) меши́на (mešína)

 

adjectives

• ме́шен (méšen)
• мя́хов (mjáhov)

 

References

• “мях”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мях”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѣхъ, мѣ́хове”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 103
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мях, мех”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 451
• “мѣхъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024