медъ

See also: медь

Old Church Slavonic

медъ

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ

Noun

медъ • (medŭ) m

1. honey

Declension

Declension of медъ (u-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	медъ medŭ	медꙑ medy	медове medove
genitive	медоу medu	медовоу medovu	медовъ medovŭ
dative	медови medovi	медъма medŭma	медъмъ medŭmŭ
accusative	медъ medŭ	медꙑ medy	медꙑ medy
instrumental	медъмь medŭmĭ	медъма medŭma	медъми medŭmi
locative	медоу medu	медовоу medovu	медъхъ medŭxŭ
vocative	медоу medu	медꙑ medy	медове medove

Derived terms

• медвьнъ (medvĭnŭ)
• медовина (medovina)
• медоточьнъ (medotočĭnŭ)
• медъвьнъ (medŭvĭnŭ)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdʊ/→/ˈmʲɛdʊ/→/ˈmʲɛːd/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛdʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛːd/

• Hyphenation: ме‧дъ

Noun

медъ (medŭ) m

1. honey
2. mead

Declension

Declension of медъ (u-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	медъ medŭ	медꙑ medy	медове medove
genitive	меду medu	медову medovu	медовъ medovŭ
dative	медови, меду medovi, medu	медъма medŭma	медъмъ medŭmŭ
accusative	медъ medŭ	медꙑ medy	медꙑ medy
instrumental	медъмь medŭmĭ	медъма medŭma	медъми medŭmi
locative	меду medu	медову medovu	медъхъ medŭxŭ
vocative	медъ medŭ	медꙑ medy	медове medove

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: медъ (med), мѣдъ (měd), мюдъ (mjud)
  • Belarusian: мёд (mjod); мед (mjed), мэд (med), мід (mid), мідь (midʹ) (dialectal)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мюд (mjud), мед (med)
  • Ukrainian: мед (med); мід (mid) (dialectal)
• Russian: мёд (mjod)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “медъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 122

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1100–1120 in birch bark letter. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *medъ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ме‧дъ

Noun

медъ • (medŭ) m

1. honey
2. mead

Declension

Declension of медъ (u-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	медъ medŭ	медꙑ medy	медове medove
genitive	медоу medu	медовоу medovu	медовъ medovŭ
dative	медови medovi	медъма medŭma	медъмъ medŭmŭ
accusative	медъ medŭ	медꙑ medy	медꙑ medy
instrumental	медъмь medŭmĭ	медъма medŭma	медъми medŭmi
locative	медоу medu	медовоу medovu	медъхъ medŭxŭ
vocative	медоу medu	медꙑ medy	медове medove

Related terms

nouns

• медвьноѥ n (medvĭnoje)
• медвѣдьно n (medvědĭno)
• медовьнике m (medovĭnike)

Further reading

• “медъ”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2026

Old Ruthenian

1. медъ

Alternative forms

• med, мѣдъ (měd), мεдъ (mεd), мєдъ (mjed), мюдъ (mjud), міодъ (miod), модъ (mod)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic медъ (medŭ), from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognate with Russian мёд (mjod), Old Polish miód and Old Czech med.

Noun

медъ • (med) m inan

1. honey
2. mead
3. tree sap

   Synonym: (dialectal) мїодъ (mjod)

4. cinnamon (spice)

Descendants

• Belarusian: мёд (mjod); мед (mjed), мэд (med), мід (mid), мідь (midʹ), мяды́ pl (mjadý) (dialectal)
• Carpathian Rusyn: мюд (mjud), мед (med)
• Ukrainian: мед (med); мід (mid) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “медъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 582
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “медъ¹, мед, міод; мюд”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 90
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “медъ²”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 93
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “медъ I, миодъ, модъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 304