чиня

See also: чина

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃinʲɐ]

Verb

чи́ня • (čínja) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to make, do
2. (transitive) to cost

   Synonym: стру́вам (strúvam)

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to be good, be worthy, be worthwhile

   Synonyms: ста́вам (stávam), бива ме (biva me)

   Не чини ни пукната (счупена) пара (грош) (idiom)

   Ne čini ni puknata (sčupena) para (groš)

   It's not worth a dime.

   Толкова ми чини (idiom, vernacular)

   Tolkova mi čini

   I couldn't care less. I don't give a hoot. It's all the same to me.

   • Димитър Талев (Dimitǎr 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 Stojanov):

     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 (Jordan Jovkov)

     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 was weak, if the work was no good.

4. (intransitive) to seem, appear to be

   Synonym: стру́вам (strúvam)

   чини ми се ― čini mi se ― it seems to me, it appears to me, to my mind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of чи́ня (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	чи́нещ čínešt	чи́нил, чини́л1 čínil, činíl1	чи́нел čínel	чи́нен čínen		чи́нейки čínejki
	definite subject form	чи́нещият číneštijat	чи́нилият, чини́лият1 čínilijat, činílijat1	—	чи́неният čínenijat
	definite object form	чи́нещия číneštija	чи́нилия, чини́лия1 čínilija, činílija1	—	чи́нения čínenija
feminine	indefinite	чи́неща čínešta	чи́нила, чини́ла1 čínila, činíla1	чи́нела čínela	чи́нена čínena
	definite	чи́нещата číneštata	чи́нилата, чини́лата1 čínilata, činílata1	—	чи́нената čínenata
neuter	indefinite	чи́нещо čínešto	чи́нило, чини́ло1 čínilo, činílo1	чи́нело čínelo	чи́нено číneno	чи́нене čínene
	definite	чи́нещото číneštoto	чи́нилото, чини́лото1 číniloto, činíloto1	—	чи́неното čínenoto	чи́ненето číneneto
plural	indefinite	чи́нещи čínešti	чи́нили, чини́ли1 čínili, činíli1	чи́нели číneli	чи́нени číneni	чи́нения, чи́ненета čínenija, číneneta
	definite	чи́нещите číneštite	чи́нилите, чини́лите1 čínilite, činílite1	—	чи́нените čínenite	чи́ненията, чи́ненетата čínenijata, čínenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		чи́ня čínja	чи́ниш číniš	чи́ни číni	чи́ним čínim	чи́ните čínite	чи́нят čínjat
imperfect		чи́нех číneh	чи́неше číneše	чи́неше číneše	чи́нехме čínehme	чи́нехте čínehte	чи́неха číneha
aorist		чи́них, чини́х1 čínih, činíh1	чи́ни, чини́1 číni, činí1	чи́ни, чини́1 číni, činí1	чи́нихме, чини́хме1 čínihme, činíhme1	чи́нихте, чини́хте1 čínihte, činíhte1	чи́ниха, чини́ха1 číniha, činíha1
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and чи́нел m, чи́нела f, чи́нело n, or чи́нели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and чи́нел m, чи́нела f, чи́нело n, or чи́нели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́нел m, чи́нела f, чи́нело n, or чи́нели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and чи́нил/чини́л1 m, чи́нила/чини́ла1 f, чи́нило/чини́ло1 n, or чи́нили/чини́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			чини́ činí			чине́те činéte

¹Dialectally marked.

References

• “чиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪˈnʲa]

Participle

чиня́ • (činjá)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of чини́ть (činítʹ)