mezi

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛzɪ]
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Preposition

mezi [+instrumental]

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

Noun

mezi f

  1. 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
  • mezi in Internetová jazyková příručka

Lozi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mezi

  1. 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

  1. 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
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

References

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