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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *medvědь, literally meaning “honey-eater”.
Pronunciation
Noun
медве́д • (medvéd) m (feminine медве́да or медве́дица) (archaic, dialectal)
- bear
- Synonyms: (standard term) ме́чка (méčka), меду́н (medún)
Declension
References
- “медвед”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “медвѣ́да (ж.) и медвѣ́дь (м.)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 57
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “медвед”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 710
- “медвѣдь”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *medvědь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mědʋed/
- Hyphenation: мед‧вед
Noun
мѐдвед m anim (Latin spelling mèdved)
- bear (mammal)
Declension