медзи

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

  • меджи (medži) — obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak medzi, from Proto-Slavic *meďu. Cognate with Slovak medzi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛd͡zi]
  • Rhymes: -ɛd͡zi
  • Hyphenation: ме‧дзи
  • Homophone: медзи- (medzi-)

Preposition

медзи (medzi)

  1. between, among [with instrumental] (denotes place, time, relation, etc.)
    Synonym: помедзи (pomedzi)
    медзи иншим ― medzi inšim ― among others
    догварка медзи владу и синдикатом
    dohvarka medzi vladu i sindikatom
    an agreement between the government and the unions
  2. from, of [with instrumental] (denotes singling out, differentiation from a community)
    послали найлєпшого медзи найлєпшима
    poslali najljepšoho medzi najljepšima
    they sent the best of the best
  3. between, among, within [with accusative] (denotes direction of movement or belonging to a category)
    пришол медзи народ ― prišol medzi narod ― he came among the people
    сербски язик спада медзи славянски язики
    serbski jazik spada medzi slavjanski jaziki
    the Serbian language belongs within the Slavic languages

Usage notes

  • Note the different noun cases used between медзи (medzi, (chiefly) instrumental), помедзи (pomedzi, accusative), and спомедзи (spomedzi, genitive).

Derived terms

particles
prefixes
prepositions
adjectives
  • меджов (medžov)
nouns
  • меджа f (medža)

Further reading

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