чини

See also: чинӣ

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *činiti. Cognate with Macedonian чини (čini) and Serbo-Croatian чинити

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃinʲi]

Verb

чини • (čini) impf

  1. (transitive) to cost
    Synonym: струвам (struvam)
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to be good, be worthy, be worthwhile
    Synonyms: ставам (stavam), бива ме (biva me)
    Не чини ни пукната (счупена) пара (грош) (фразеологизъм) ― Ne čini ni puknata (sčupena) para (groš) (frazeologizǎm) ― It's not worth a dime. (idiom)
    Толкова ми чини ― Tolkova mi čini ― I couldn't care less. I don't give a hoot. It's all the same to me. (idiom, vernacular)
    • Димитър Талев (Dimitar Talev):
      Донеси ми от града локум с ядки. Колкото чини, ще си платя.
      Donesi mi ot grada lokum s jadki. Kolkoto čini, šte si platja.
      Bring me some Turkish delight with nuts from town. I'll pay what it costs.
    • Захари Стоянов (Zahari Stoyanov):
      И българинът позна на дело, че и той чини нещо.
      I bǎlgarinǎt pozna na delo, če i toj čini nešto.
      And Bulgarians realized indeed (in reality) that they, too, mattered.
    • Иван Вазов (Ivan Vazov):
      Из тоя кладенец само добичетата поим, водата не чини за хора, господине, не добра вода.
      Iz toja kladenec samo dobičetata poim, vodata ne čini za hora, gospodine, ne dobra voda.
      At this well we water only the cattle, the water's no good for humans, master, not good water.
    • Йордан Йовков (Yordan Yovkov)
      Разбирам да ми отбие от цената, ако материалът беше слаб, ако работата не чинеше.
      Razbiram da mi otbie ot cenata, ako materialǎt beše slab, ako rabotata ne čineše.
      I could well understand him not giving me the full price, if the material were weak, if the work were no good.
  3. (transitive) to make, do
  4. (intransitive) to seem, appear to be
    Synonym: струвам (struvam)
    чини ми се = струва ми се ― čini mi se = struva mi se ― it seems to me, it appears to me, to my mind

References
  • чини in Речник на българския език

Macedonian

Verb

чини • (čini) impf

  1. (transitive) to cost
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to be good, be worthy
    Не ти чини ручеков денес.
    Ne ti čini ručekov denes.
    Your lunch today isn't any good.

Conjugation
Conjugation of чини (imperfective, present in -и)
л-participles imperfect aorist non-finite forms
masculine чинел — adjectival partc. —
feminine чинела — adverbial partc. чинејќи
neuter чинело — verbal noun чинење
plural чинеле —
present imperfect aorist imperative
1st singular чинам чинев — —
2nd singular чиниш чинеше — чини
3rd singular чини чинеше — —
1st plural чиниме чиневме — —
2nd plural чините чиневте — чинете
3rd plural чинат чинеа — —
Compound tenses
perfect сум чинел present of сум + imperfect л-participle
pluperfect бев чинел imperfect of сум + imperfect л-participle
future ќе чинам ќе + present
future in the past ќе чинев ќе + imperfect
future reported ќе сум чинел ќе + imperfect л-participle
conditional би чинел би + imperfect л-participle

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪˈnʲi]

Verb

чини́ • (činí)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of чини́ть (činítʹ)
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