медь

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

Erzya

Медь.

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)

1. honey

   ламбамо теке медь ― lambamo ťeke 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

Медь.

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)

1. honey

Declension

Declension of медь
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		медь meď	метть metť
genitive (of ...)		медень meďeń
dative (to ...)		меденди meďenďi
comparative (like ...)		медьшка meďška
ablative (than ...)		медьда meďda
lative (into ...)		меди meďi
illative (into ...)		медьс meďs
inessive (in ...)		медьса meďsa
elative (out of ...)		медьста meďsta
prolative (through ...)		медьгя meďgä
causative (for ...)		меденкса meďenksa
translative (becoming ...)		медькс meďks
abessive (without ...)		медьфтома meďftoma

Definite declension of медь
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		медьсь meďś	медьтне meďtńe
genitive (of ...)		медьть meďť	медьтнень meďtńeń
dative (to ...)		медьти meďťi	медьтненди meďtńenďi

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]

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Noun

медь • (medʹ) f inan (genitive ме́ди, nominative plural ме́ди, genitive plural ме́дей, relational adjective ме́дный)

1. copper

Declension

Declension of медь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ме́дь médʹ	ме́ди médi
genitive	ме́ди médi	ме́дей médej
dative	ме́ди médi	ме́дям médjam
accusative	ме́дь médʹ	ме́ди médi
instrumental	ме́дью médʹju	ме́дями médjami
prepositional	ме́ди médi	ме́дях médjax

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical element): Previous: ни́кель (níkelʹ). Next: цинк (cink)

Related terms

• медяни́стый (medjanístyj)
• медно- (medno-)
• медя́нка (medjánka)
• ярь-медя́нка (jarʹ-medjánka)