mez

See also: MEZ, méz, mëz, mez', měź, меж, and меж-

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mjez

Etymology

Variant of mjez, influenced by mes.

Noun

mez m (plural meze, definite mezi, definite plural mezet)

1. middle

Declension

Declension of mez

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mez	meze	mezi	mezet
accusative			mezin
dative	mezi	mezeve	mezit	mezevet
ablative		mezesh

See also

• mes
• mez
• midis

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːs/

Noun

mez f (collective, singulative mezenn)

1. acorns

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs]

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

mez f

1. limit

Declension

Declension of mez (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	mez	meze
genitive	meze	mezí
dative	mezi	mezím
accusative	mez	meze
vocative	mezi	meze
locative	mezi	mezích
instrumental	mezí	mezemi

Derived terms

• mezní

 

Related terms

• mezník
• pomezí
• rozmezí

 

Further reading

• mez in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mez in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• mez in Internetová jazyková příručka

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from meztelen, by taking off the suffix -telen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛz]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mez
• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

mez (plural mezek)

1. (figurative) guise, garb
2. (sports) strip, jersey (the uniform, especially the shirt, of a sport team)
3. (sports) dress (for athletes), singlet (for wrestlers)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mez	mezek
accusative	mezt	mezeket
dative	meznek	mezeknek
instrumental	mezzel	mezekkel
causal-final	mezért	mezekért
translative	mezzé	mezekké
terminative	mezig	mezekig
essive-formal	mezként	mezekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mezben	mezekben
superessive	mezen	mezeken
adessive	meznél	mezeknél
illative	mezbe	mezekbe
sublative	mezre	mezekre
allative	mezhez	mezekhez
elative	mezből	mezekből
delative	mezről	mezekről
ablative	meztől	mezektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	mezé	mezeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mezéi	mezekéi

Possessive forms of mez
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mezem	mezeim
2nd person sing.	mezed	mezeid
3rd person sing.	meze	mezei
1st person plural	mezünk	mezeink
2nd person plural	mezetek	mezeitek
3rd person plural	mezük	mezeik

Derived terms

• jelmez

 

Further reading

• mez in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

mez m (plural mezes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mês

Proto-Norse

Romanization

mez

1. Romanization of ᛗᛖᛉ

Romansch

Alternative forms

• miez (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).

Adjective

mez m (feminine singular mesa, masculine plural mezs, feminine plural mesas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) half

Noun

mez f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) middle