медь
See also: медъ and Appendix:Variations of "med"
Erzya
Alternative forms
- мӓдь (mäď)
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *meď, from Proto-Uralic *mete. Cognate with Moksha медь (meď), Finnish mesi (mete-), Hungarian méz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /medʲ/
- Hyphenation: медь
Noun
медь • (meď) (uncountable)
- honey
- ламбамо теке медь ― lambamo teke meď ― sweet as honey
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 7:
- Jartsamozo sońze uľneź salmoksoń salat i dikoi med.
- His food was locusts and wild honey.
Declension
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Synonyms
- поназ (ponaz) (archaic)
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “медь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #539 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *meď, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mete, borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (compare Russian мёд (mjod) and English mead). Cognates include Erzya медь (meď).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmedʲ/
- Rhymes: -edʲ
- Hyphenation: медь
Noun
медь • (meď)
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
медь (meď) | метть (metť) |
| genitive (of ...) |
медень (medeń) | |
| dative (to ...) |
меденди (medendi) | |
| comparative (like ...) |
медьшка (meďška) | |
| ablative (than ...) |
медьда (meďda) | |
| lative (into ...) |
меди (medi) | |
| illative (into ...) |
медьс (meďs) | |
| inessive (in ...) |
медьса (meďsa) | |
| elative (out of ...) |
медьста (meďsta) | |
| prolative (through ...) |
медьгя (meďgä) | |
| causative (for ...) |
меденкса (medenksa) | |
| translative (becoming ...) |
медькс (meďks) | |
| abessive (without ...) |
медьфтома (meďftoma) | |
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
медьсь (medś) | медьтне (medtne) |
| genitive (of ...) |
медьть (medť) | медьтнень (medtneń) |
| dative (to ...) |
медьти (medti) | медьтненди (medtnendi) |
References
- V. I. Shchankina (1993) “медь”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 90
Russian
Alternative forms
- мѣдь (mědʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic мѣдь (mědĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mědь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲetʲ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
медь • (medʹ) f inan (genitive ме́ди, nominative plural ме́ди, genitive plural ме́дей, relational adjective ме́дный)
Declension
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- ме́дник m anim (médnik)
- ме́дный (médnyj)
- медно- (medno-)
- медя́к m (medják)
- медяни́стый (medjanístyj)
- медяни́ца f anim (medjaníca)
- медя́нка f anim or f inan (medjánka)
Compounds:
- ярь-медя́нка f (jarʹ-medjánka)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “медь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “медь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.