# мед
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

#### Noun

мед • (med) m (diminutive ме́дче)
* (uncountable) honey
* (countable) a particular type of honey
    пче́лен мед ― pčélen med ― natural honey (literally, “bee honey”)
    за́харен мед ― záharen med ― artifical honey (literally, “sugar honey”)
    некта́рен мед ― nektáren med ― honey made of flower nectar
    ма́нов мед ― mánov med ― honey made of plant sap

##### Declension

$^1$Rare.

##### Derived terms

* (causative-iterative) ме́дя (médja)
* (stative) меде́я се (medéja se)
* (causative-iterative) медо́сам (medósam)
* (product noun) ме́деник (médenik, “honey pie”)
* (product noun) ме́денка (médenka, “gingerbread”)
* меда́к (medák, “(plant) Salvia glutinosa”) (dialectal)
* (agent noun) меда́р (medár, “bee-keeper”)
* (agent noun) меда́рин (medárin, “bee-keeper”)
* медве́д (medvéd, “bear”) (poetic)
* (diminutive) меде́ц (medéc)
* (product noun) медови́на (medovína, “mead”)
* меду́н (medún, “bear”) (dialectal)
* медо- (medo-) (in compounds)
** медобе́р (medobér, “honey extraction”)
** медосбо́р (medosbór, “honey harvest”)
** медоно́сен (medonósen, “melliferous”)
** медото́чен (medotóčen), медото́чив (medotóčiv, “sweet, viscous like honey”)
** медоя́д (medojád, “honeyeater”)
* ме́дав (médav)
* ме́ден (méden)
* ме́дов (médov)
* ме́довит (médovit)

#### References

* “мед¹ (м.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “мед (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “медъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 57
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мед¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 707
* “медъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mědь.

#### Noun

мед • (med) f
* copper (chemical element, part of the transition metals)

##### Coordinate terms

* (Chemical element): Previous: никел (nikel) Next: цинк (cink)

##### Derived terms

* (instrumental noun) ме́дник (médnik, “copper pot”)
* ме́дница (médnica, “copper coin”) (obsolete)
* (instrumental noun) ме́нец (ménec, “copper pot”)
* (instrumental noun) ме́нче (ménče, “small copper pot”) (diminutive)
* (instrumental noun) меди́ца (medíca, “copper tool”)
* ме́дев (médev)
* ме́ден (méden)
* ме́дест (médest)

##### Related terms

* смя́дов (smjádov, “brownish, dusky”) (dated, possibly from the same root, but with s-mobile)

#### References

* “мед² (ж.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “мед (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѣдь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 99
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мед²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 709
* “мѣдь”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

## Komi-Permyak
### Etymology

From Proto-Permic *med, from Proto-Uralic *mixe- (“to give”). Related to Finnish myydä (“to sell”) and Tundra Nenets миць (myicʹ°, “to give”).

### Noun

мед • (med)
* pay

## Komi-Zyrian
### Alternative forms

* меԁ (Molodtsov)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmed/, [ˈmed]
* Hyphenation: мед

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Permic *mɛd. Cognate with Komi-Permyak мед (med) and Udmurt мед (med).

#### Conjunction

мед • (med)
* so that, in order to

#### Particle

мед • (med)
* Used to form the optative mood of a verb; let, may

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Permic *med.

#### Noun

мед • (med)
* payment
* hire, rent

##### Declension

Possessive declension of мед :

### References

* A. I. Podorova, editor (1948), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 123
* L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 383

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

мед • (med) m (relational adjective меден)
* honey
* (archaic) copper

#### Derived terms

* медар (medar)
* медарка (medarka)
* медарница (medarnica)
* медовина (medovina)

## Russian
### Noun

мед • (mjod) m inan
* Alternative spelling of мёд (mjod)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mêːd/

### Noun

ме̑д m (Latin spelling mȇd)
* honey

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old Ukrainian медъ (med), from Old East Slavic медъ (medŭ), from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛd]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

мед • (med) m inan (genitive ме́ду, nominative plural меди́, genitive plural меді́в, relational adjective медо́вий)
* honey
* mead

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мед”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka