между

See also: междю and между-

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛʒˈdu]

Preposition

между́ • (meždú)

1. between (in the position or interval that separates two things)

Anagrams

• между- (meždu-)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic междоу (meždu), from Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare true East Slavic меж (mež).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲeʐdʊ]

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Preposition

ме́жду • (méždu)

1. (with instrumental, rarely with genitive) between, among

   Synonym: меж (mež)

Usage notes

• In some older expressions or collocations, ме́жду (méždu) or меж (mež) is used with a genitive case, rather than the regular instrumental case, e.g. ме́жду двух огне́й (méždu dvux ognéj), ме́жду строк (méždu strok, “between the lines”), ме́жду глаз (méždu glaz, “between the eyes”).
• In various cases both genitive and instrumental are used, e.g. ме́жду ног (méždu nog, “between the legs”) or ме́жду нога́ми (méždu nogámi, “between the legs”), ме́жду о́кон (méždu ókon, “between the windows”) or ме́жду о́кнами (méždu óknami, “between the windows”)

Derived terms

• междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj)

References

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