mezi

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See also: mezí, meži, mēži, mêzi, and mezi-

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďi, locative singular of *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Cognate with Polish między and miedzy, Slovak medzi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛzɪ]
  • Audio(file)

Preposition[edit]

mezi [+instrumental]

  1. between
  2. among
    Mezi slepými jednooký králem. ― Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Noun[edit]

mezi f

  1. dative/vocative/locative singular of mez

Further reading[edit]

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

Lozi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun[edit]

mezi

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Godwin A. M. Lewanika, English-Lozi Phrase Book (1949)
  • Adolphe Jalla, Elementary Grammar of the Lozi Language (1937)

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

Noun[edit]

mezi

  1. honey

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of mezi (inflection type 18/vezi)
nominative sing. mezi
genitive sing. meden
partitive sing. met
partitive plur. —
singular plural
nominative mezi —
accusative meden —
genitive meden —
partitive met —
essive-instructive meden —
translative medeks —
inessive medes —
elative medespäi —
illative medehe —
adessive medel —
ablative medelpäi —
allative medele —
abessive medeta —
comitative medenke —
prolative metme —
approximative I medenno —
approximative II medennoks —
egressive medennopäi —
terminative I medehesai —
terminative II medelesai —
terminative III medessai —
additive I medehepäi —
additive II medelepäi —

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “мёд”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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