средний

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic срѣдьнъ (srědĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *serdьnъ. Doublet of сере́дний (serédnij), the inherited East Slavic form. By surface analysis, среда́ (sredá) +‎ -ний (-nij).

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Adjective

сре́дний • (srédnij) (diminutive сре́дненький)

  1. middle
  2. medium
  3. central
  4. average
  5. mean
  6. (grammar) neuter
    сре́дний род ― srédnij rod ― neuter gender

Declension

Declension of сре́дний (unknown short forms)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative сре́дний
srédnij 		сре́днее
srédneje 		сре́дняя
srédnjaja 		сре́дние
srédnije
genitive сре́днего
srédnevo 		сре́дней
srédnej 		сре́дних
srédnix
dative сре́днему
srédnemu 		сре́дней
srédnej 		сре́дним
srédnim
accusative animate сре́днего
srédnevo 		сре́днее
srédneje 		сре́днюю
srédnjuju 		сре́дних
srédnix
inanimate сре́дний
srédnij 		сре́дние
srédnije
instrumental сре́дним
srédnim 		сре́дней, сре́днею
srédnej, srédneju 		сре́дними
srédnimi
prepositional сре́днем
srédnem 		сре́дней
srédnej 		сре́дних
srédnix

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Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “средний”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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