медовый месяц

Russian

Etymology

Calque of French lune de miel, itself a calque of English honeymoon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈdovɨj ˈmʲesʲɪt͡s]

Noun

медо́вый ме́сяц • (medóvyj mésjac) m inan (genitive медо́вого ме́сяца, uncountable)

  1. honeymoon

Declension

References

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