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Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, мед (med, “honey”) + -ун (-un).
Pronunciation
Noun
меду́н • (medún) m (dialectal)
- (nomen agentis)
- bear
- Synonyms: (standard term) ме́чка (méčka), (dated) медве́д (medvéd)
- (figurative) hulk (lumbering person)
- (nomen instrumenti)
- cask, vat for honey
Declension
Derived terms
- меду́нка (medúnka, “small sample of honey”) (diminutive)
References
- “медун”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “меду́нъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 57
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “медун”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 713