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 родsrédnij rodneuter gender

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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