мёд

See also: мед and Appendix:Variations of "med"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲot]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

мёд • (mjodm inan (genitive мёду, nominative plural мяды́, genitive plural мядо́ў, relational adjective мядо́вы)

  1. honey

Declension

Evenki

Etymology

From Russian мёд (mjod).

Noun

мё̄д • (mjōd)

  1. honey

Hyponyms

  • мэриктыкӯн (məriktikūn, wasp honey) (Sym dialect)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old East Slavic медъ (medŭ), from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognate with English mead, Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, wine) (whence Russian мети́л (metíl), English methyl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɵt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ot

Noun

мёд • (mjodm inan (genitive мёда, nominative plural меды́, genitive plural медо́в, relational adjective медо́вый)

  1. (usually uncountable) honey
  2. (usually uncountable) mead

Usage notes

Plural of мёд is used when referring to the sorts of honey (or mead).

Declension

Derived terms

Compounds:

  • бо́чка мёда f (bóčka mjóda)
  • ло́жка дёгтя в бо́чке мёда f (lóžka djógtja v bóčke mjóda)
  • From медо́вый (medóvyj):'
Phrases
  • мёдом нама́зано (mjódom namázano)
  • пчёлы про́тив мёда (pčóly prótiv mjóda)
  • что́бы жизнь мёдом не каза́лась (štóby žiznʹ mjódom ne kazálasʹ)
Borrowed

From Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu):

Descendants

  • Yakut: мүөт (müöt, honey)
  • Southern Altai: мӧт (möt)

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мёд”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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