медведь
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *medvědь.
Pronunciation
Noun
медве́дь • (medvédʹ) m anim (genitive медве́дя, nominative plural медве́ди, genitive plural медве́дей, feminine медве́дица)
- bear
- male bear
- (informal) bear (of any bear-like animal)
- (finance) bear (on a stock market)
- (figuratively) large and clumsy person
- неуклю́жий, как медве́дь ― neukljúžij, kak medvédʹ ― heavy-handed like a bear
- ходи́ть, как медве́дь ― xodítʹ, kak medvédʹ ― to walk ungracefully, like a bear
- Ему́ медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л ― Jemú medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl ― he's tone-deaf
- (criminal slang) safe (see also медвежа́тник (medvežátnik))
Declension
Declension of медве́дь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- медве́дица (medvédica)
- медве́дка (medvédka)
- медвежо́нок (medvežónok)
- медвежатина (medvežatina)
- медвежа́тник (medvežátnik)
- медве́жий (medvéžij)
- медве́жий у́гол (medvéžij úgol)
- медве́жья услу́га (medvéžʹja uslúga)
- по-медве́жьи (po-medvéžʹi)
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