спомедзи

• спомеджи (spomedži) — colloquial, obsolete

Inherited from Old Slovak spomedzi. By surface analysis, univerbation of з (z) +‎ по (po) +‎ медзи (medzi).

• IPA^(key): [spɔˈmɛd͡zi]
• Rhymes: -ɛd͡zi
• Hyphenation: спо‧ме‧дзи

спомедзи (spomedzi) [with accusative]

1. from among, from between (denotes directionality of an action from a place which is located between something/someone)

   Near-synonyms: з (z), зоз (zoz)

   вицагнул коч спомедзи брадлох

   vicahnul koč spomedzi bradlox

   he pulled the cart out from between the haystacks

   вибрали єдного спомедзи себе

   vibrali jednoho spomedzi sebe

   they chose one from among themselves

2. among, between (denotes commencement of direction of motion)

   вибегнул спомедзи древох ― vibehnul spomedzi drevox ― he ran between the trees

3. (possibly dated) synonym of медзи (medzi, denotes differentiation from a community)

   вибрали найлєпших спомедзи себе

   vibrali najljepšix spomedzi sebe

   they selected the best of themselves

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

• 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), “спомедзи”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy