mezi
See also: mezí, meži, mēži, mêzi, and mezi-
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛzɪ]
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.
Preposition
mezi + instrumental
- between
- among
- Mezi slepými jednooký králem. ― Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
mezi f
- dative/vocative/locative singular of mez
Further reading
- mezi in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- mezi in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Lozi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.
Noun
mezi
- water
References
- Godwin A. M. Lewanika, English-Lozi Phrase Book (1949)
- Adolphe Jalla, Elementary Grammar of the Lozi Language (1937)
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meci.
Noun
mezi
- honey
Inflection
| 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 medhe | — | |
| adessive | medel | — | |
| ablative | medelpäi | — | |
| allative | medele | — | |
| abessive | medeta | — | |
| comitative | medenke | — | |
| prolative | metme | — | |
| approximative I | medenno | — | |
| approximative II | medennoks | — | |
| egressive | medennopäi | — | |
| terminative I | medehesai medhesai | — | |
| terminative II | medelesai | — | |
| terminative III | medessai | — | |
| additive I | medehepäi medhepäi | — | |
| additive II | medelepäi | — | |
Derived terms
- mezikämen
- mezipeza
- medenkeradai
- medenkeraduz
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “мёд”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika