метеж

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

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈtɛʃ]

мете́ж • (metéž) m

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

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

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

• “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), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 767
• “мѧтежь”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mętežь.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtɛʃ]

метеж • (metež) m

1. disturbance, uproar
2. confusion, chaos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mętežь.

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

ме́теж m inan (Latin spelling métež)

1. disturbance, uproar
2. confusion, chaos