медъ
See also: медь
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Noun
медъ • (medŭ) m
- honey
Declension
Declension of медъ (u-stem)
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | медъ medŭ | медꙑ medy | медове medove |
Accusative | медъ medŭ | медꙑ medy | медꙑ medy |
Genitive | медоу medu | медовоу medovu | медовъ medovŭ |
Locative | медоу medu | медовоу medovu | медъхъ medŭxŭ |
Dative | медови medovi | медъма medŭma | медъмъ medŭmŭ |
Instrumental | медъмь medŭmĭ | медъма medŭma | медъми medŭmi |
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, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Pronunciation
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdʊ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛdʊ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛːd/
- Hyphenation: ме‧дъ
Noun
медъ (medŭ) m
- honey
- 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)
- 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] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 122
Old Ruthenian
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
- honey
- mead
- tree sap
- Synonym: (dialectal) мїодъ (miod)
- cinnamon (spice)
Descendants
- Belarusian: мёд (mjod); мед (mjed), мэд (med), мід (mid), мідь (midʹ), мяды́ pl (mjadý) (dialectal)
- 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), issue 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), issue 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), issue 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 304