помедзи
Pannonian Rusyn
Alternative forms
- помеджи (pomedži) — colloquial, obsolete
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak pomedzi. By surface analysis, univerbation of по (po) + медзи (medzi). Cognate with Slovak pomedzi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔˈmɛd͡zi]
- Rhymes: -ɛd͡zi
- Hyphenation: по‧ме‧дзи
Preposition
помедзи (pomedzi) [with accusative]
- among
- Synonym: медзи (medzi)
- трактор станул помедзи брадла
- traktor stanul pomedzi bradla
- the tractor stood among the haystacks
- between (indicates direction of movement)
- потрафел го помедзи плєца
- potrafel ho pomedzi pljeca
- he hit him between the shoulders
Usage notes
- Note the different noun cases used between медзи (medzi, (chiefly) instrumental), помедзи (pomedzi, accusative), and спомедзи (spomedzi, genitive).
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “између”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 433
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “помедзи”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy