медь

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

Erzya

Медь.

Alternative forms

• мӓдь (mäď)

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 teke 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 (meď)

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

Definite declension of медь (meď)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	медьсь (medś)	медьтне (medtne)
genitive (of ...)	медьть (medť)	медьтнень (medtneń)
dative (to ...)	медьти (medti)	медьтненди (medtnendi)

References

• V. I. Shchankina (1993), “медь”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 90

Russian

Alternative forms

• мѣдь (mědʹ) — pre-1918 spelling

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

   Holonyms: бро́нза f (brónza), лату́нь f (latúnʹ), мельхио́р m (melʹxiór)

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)

Derived terms

• ме́дник m anim (médnik)
• ме́дный (médnyj)
  • медно- (medno-)
• медя́к m (medják)
• медяни́стый (medjanístyj)
• медяни́ца f anim (medjaníca)
• медя́нка f anim or f inan (medjánka)

Compounds:

• ярь-медя́нка f (jarʹ-medjánka)

References

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

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “медь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.