метеж

See also: мѧтежь

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mętežь. By surface analysis, Proto-Slavic *męti (“to trample”) +‎ -еж (-ež).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈtɛʃ]

Noun

мете́ж • (metéž) m

1. commotion, disturbance, uproar
2. (military) mutiny, revolt
3. (figurative) confusion, chaos

Declension

Declension of мете́ж

	singular	plural
indefinite	мете́ж metéž	мете́жи metéži
definite (subject form)	мете́жът metéžǎt	мете́жите metéžite
definite (object form)	мете́жа metéža
count form	—	мете́жа metéža

Related terms

• смут (smut, “confusion, dismay”)
• мъ́тен (mǎ́ten, “turbid, muddy”)

See also

• ме́телица (mételica, “squall, gale”) (etymologically unrelated)

References

• “метеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “метеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧте́жь”, 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 110
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “метеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 767
• “мѧтежь”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mętežь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtɛʃ]

Noun

метеж • (metež) m

1. disturbance, uproar
2. confusion, chaos

Declension

Declension of метеж

	singular	plural
indefinite	метеж	метежи
definite unspecified	метежот	метежите
definite proximal	метежов	метеживе
definite distal	метежон	метежине
vocative	метежу	метежи
count form	—	метежа

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mętežь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měːteʒ/
• Hyphenation: ме‧теж

Noun

ме́теж m (Latin spelling métež)

1. disturbance, uproar
2. confusion, chaos

Declension

Declension of метеж

	singular	plural
nominative	метеж	метежи
genitive	метежа	метежа
dative	метежу	метежима
accusative	метеж	метеже
vocative	метежу	метежи
locative	метежу	метежима
instrumental	метежом	метежима