меж
See also: меж- and Appendix:Variations of "mez"
Komi-Zyrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *mešɜ (“sheep, ram”), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás (“ram”). Cognates include Western Mari миж (miž), Eastern Mari меж (mež).
Noun
меж • (mež)
References
- Entry #1415 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic *межу (*mežu), from Proto-Slavic *meďu. Doublet of ме́жду (méždu), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲɪʂ]
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Preposition
меж • (mež) [with genitive or instrumental]
- (dated or literary formal) between, among
- Synonym: ме́жду (méždu)
- 1990s, Виктор Астафьев [Viktor Astafyev], “Книга первая. Чёртова яма. Часть первая. Глава 1”, in Прокляты и убиты; English translation from The Cursed and Killed, (Please provide a date or year):
- На дома́х и меж домо́в име́лись щиты́, на них ло́зунги, плака́ты, портре́ты руководи́телей госуда́рства и а́рмии.
- Na domáx i mež domóv imélisʹ ščitý, na nix lózungi, plakáty, portréty rukovodítelej gosudárstva i ármii.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲeʂ]
Noun
меж • (mež) f inan pl
- genitive plural of межа́ (mežá)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛʒ]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďu.
Preposition
меж • (mež)
- alternative form of між (miž)
Etymology 2
Noun
меж • (mež) f inan pl
- genitive plural of межа́ (mežá)