Maeta is a word that is related to the verb "toil". Both lexemes have a negative connotation, that is, they are associated with certain negative concepts, such as anxiety, suffering, pain. This will be discussed in more detail later.
Word in dictionary
"Maeta" is a colloquial word for a troublesome, tedious task, long and exhausting work. This is an action corresponding to the meaning of the verb "toil".
According to some etymologists, the origin of the studied lexeme is native Russian. It is formed from the verb "toil", which means "languish". The latter comes from another verb - "mayati", which was joined by the reflexive particle "sya".
There are other opinions of researchers. According to one of them, it is not the noun "maeta" that is formed from the verb, but vice versa. And the noun, in turn, comes from the dialect "may", denoting torment, exhaustion, hard work.
Other linguists believe that the verb "toil" does not come from Russian, but from the German language, formed from the noun Mühe, which translates as "labor", "work", and is associated with the Latin moles, which means"cargo".
Sample sentences
The following can be cited as such:
- I want to admit that I'm not living without you, but a complete mess.
- From morning to evening I don’t rest for a minute, I spend the whole day in a continuous wave.
- For the soldiers behind the lines, the maeta was permanent and withering.
- In the morning the day was warm and mild, but the midday weather gradually crept in, the burning sun hung dead over the city.
- The motive of the story was the hero's soulful maet, who suddenly remembered his inner world.
- All this exercise is such a big deal for me that I probably won't be able to do fitness.
Next, synonyms for the word under study will be given.
Synonyms
Among them are:
- red tape;
- bagpipes;
- anxiety;
- gimp;
- meleda;
- occupation;
- penal servitude;
- flour;
- troka;
- smut;
- muchinsky flour;
- ordeal;
- work;
- torture;
- torment;
- mutota;
- suffering;
- troubles;
- torment.
In conclusion of the study of the word "maeta" it would be appropriate to consider the verb "toil" associated with it.
Meanings of the verb
It also applies to colloquial words and has the following interpretations:
- Suffering, exhausting, doing exhausting, overwork, tedious work.
- Live invery difficult conditions, endure hardships.
- Experience grief, embarrassment due to the fact that someone or something is affected with great difficulty.
- Figuratively, suffering from physical pain in some part of the body or suffering from an illness.
- Also in a figurative sense - to suffer from longing, to languish, to experience suffering - moral or physical.