мед

• IPA^(key): [mɛt]

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

мед • (med) m (diminutive ме́дче)

1. (uncountable) honey
2. (countable) a particular type of honey

   пче́лен мед ― pčélen med ― natural honey (literally, “bee honey”)

   за́харен мед ― záharen med ― artifical honey (literally, “sugar honey”)

   некта́рен мед ― nektáren med ― honey made of flower nectar

   ма́нов мед ― mánov med ― honey made of plant sap

• медо- (medo-) (in compounds)
  • медобе́р (medobér, “honey extraction”)
  • медосбо́р (medosbór, “honey harvest”)
  • медоно́сен (medonósen, “melliferous”)
  • медото́чен (medotóčen), медото́чив (medotóčiv, “sweet, viscous like honey”)
  • медоя́д (medojád, “honeyeater”)

• “мед¹ (м.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мед (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “медъ”, 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 57
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мед¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 707
• “медъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mědь.

мед • (med) f

1. copper (chemical element, part of the transition metals)

• (Chemical element): Previous: никел (nikel) Next: цинк (cink)

• смя́дов (smjádov, “brownish, dusky”) (dated, possibly from the same root, but with s-mobile)

• “мед² (ж.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мед (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѣдь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 99
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мед²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 709
• “мѣдь”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

• дем (dem)

From Proto-Permic *med, from Proto-Uralic *mixe- (“to give”). Related to Finnish myydä (“to sell”) and Tundra Nenets миць (myicʹ°, “to give”).

мед • (med)

1. pay

• меԁ (Molodtsov)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmed/, [ˈmed]
• Hyphenation: мед

From Proto-Permic *mɛd. Cognate with Komi-Permyak мед (med) and Udmurt мед (med).

мед • (med)

1. so that, in order to

мед • (med)

1. Used to form the optative mood of a verb; let, may

From Proto-Permic *med.

мед • (med)

1. payment
2. hire, rent

• A. I. Podorova, editor (1948), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 123
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 383

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

• IPA^(key): [mɛt]

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

мед • (med) m (relational adjective меден)

1. honey
2. (archaic) copper

• медар (medar)
• медарка (medarka)
• медарница (medarnica)
• медовина (medovina)

Inherited from Old Slovak med, from Proto-Slavic *medъ. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn мюд (mjud) and Slovak med.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: мед

мед (med) m inan (related adjective медов)

1. (uncountable) honey

   лїпов мед ― ljipov med ― linden honey

2. (countable) type of honey

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мед”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “honey”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 174

мед • (mjod) m inan

1. alternative spelling of мёд (mjod)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

• IPA^(key): /mêːd/

ме̑д m inan (Latin spelling mȇd)

1. honey

From Middle Ukrainian медъ (med), from Old East Slavic медъ (medŭ), from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

• IPA^(key): [mɛd]

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мед • (med) m inan (genitive ме́ду, nominative plural меди́, genitive plural меді́в, relational adjective медо́вий)

1. honey
2. mead

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мед”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka