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med

See also: Appendix:Variations of "med"

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (US)(file)
  • IPA(key): /mɛːd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

med (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Clipping of medical.
    I'm in med school.
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

med (countable and uncountable, plural meds)

  1. (informal, chiefly in the plural) Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
    He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
      Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant?
      Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin.
      Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left!
      Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.
    • 2015, Jennifer Shannon, The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Overcome Fear, Worry & Panic, Oakland, Calif.: Instant Help Books, New Harbinger Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 98:
      Take a med. […] BECAUSE you took a med you did not have a full-blown panic attack and faint.
    • 2018, John Grisham, The Reckoning, Anchor, →ISBN:
      “What meds?”
      “It's a long story.”
      “What meds?”
      “He's bipolar, Mark. Diagnosed a few years back.”
    • 2023 January 16, Emma Bowman, quoting KC Green, “A decade on, the ‘This is fine’ creator wants to put the famous dog to rest”, in NPR‎[1]:
      “I'd been trying to get my anti-depressants right and taking the meds,” he said. “That was my feeling at the time — of worrying if this was the right choice,” he added.
  2. (informal, uncountable) Short for medicine (as an academic subject).
    My brother studied med at Cambridge.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

med

  1. (UK, dialect) Pronunciation spelling of might.

Anagrams edit

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

med

  1. Romanization of ᬫᭂᬤ᭄

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German muode, from Old High German muodi.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

med (masculine mede, feminine med, comparative meder, superlative et medste)

  1. (northern Moselle Franconian) tired

Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech med, from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

med m inan (related adjective medový)

  1. honey (thick, viscous, sweet liquid made by bees)
    Synonym: (literary) strdí

Declension edit

Declension of med (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative med medy
genitive medu medů
dative medu medům
accusative med medy
vocative mede medy
locative medu medech
instrumental medem medy

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • med in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • med in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • med in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse með.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

med

  1. with
  2. by
  3. including, counting

References edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Old Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmeːd/

Pronoun edit

mēd

  1. Early Latin form of mē
    • 7th century BC, Praeneste fibula:
      𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔:𐌌𐌄𐌃:𐌅𐌇𐌄⁝𐌅𐌇𐌀𐌊𐌄𐌃:𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌏𐌉
      MANIOS:MED:FHE⁝FHAKED:NVMASIOI
      Manius made me for Numasius
    • 7th–5th century BC, Duenos inscription:
      𐌉𐌏𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌏𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌉𐌓𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌉𐌄𐌃 / […] / 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌅𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌄𐌉𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌃
      IOVESATDEIVOSQOIMEDMITATNEITEDENDOCOSMISVIRCOSIED / […] / DVENOSMEDFECEDENMANOMEINOMDVENOINEMEDMALOSTATOD
      iouesāt deivos qoi mēd mitāt, nei tēd endō cosmis vircō siēd / […] / duenos mēd fēced en mānōm (m)einom duenōi nē mēd malo(s) statōd
      The person who sends me prays to the gods, lest the girl be not kind towards thee / […] / A good man made me (in good intention?) for a good man; may I not be stolen by an evil man.
    • c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:
      𐌄𐌂𐌏𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌉𐌀𐌔𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓[𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌]𐌄𐌃𐌖𐌇𐌄[𐌂𐌄𐌃]
      ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
      eco urna tita vendias mamar[cos m]ed vhe[ced]
      I am the urn of Tita Vendia. Mamar[cos had me made].
    • 6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I2 2658; image (page 18)):
      𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔[…]𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃
      HOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD
      Hoi mēd mitāt Kāvios […]monios Qetios d[ō]nom prō fileōd.
      Kavios […]monios Qetios places me here as a gift on behalf of his son.
    • c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
      𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏
      NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
      nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m]
      Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

med

  1. Alternative form of mede (“mead (beverage)”)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

med

  1. Alternative form of mede (“meadow”)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

med

  1. Alternative form of mede (“reward”)

Etymology 4 edit

Preposition edit

med

  1. Alternative spelling of mid

Adjective edit

med

  1. Alternative spelling of mid

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse með (“with, along with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with, by, through; along, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (“in the middle of, near, by, around, with”).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

med

  1. with
  2. by
    med båt / tog - by boat / train
  3. of
    fat med olje - barrel of oil

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse með.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

med

  1. with (in the company of)
    Kven vert med oss?
    Who is coming with us?
  2. by
    med båt / tog - by boat / train
  3. of
    fat med olje - barrel of oil

Derived terms edit

References edit

Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

med m inan

  1. honey

Declension edit

Declension of med (u-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative med medy medové, medi
genitive medu medú medóv
dative medovi, medu medoma medóm
accusative med medy medy
vocative mede medy medové, medi
locative medu medú mediech
instrumental medem medoma medy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants edit

  • Czech: med

Further reading edit

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mēd f

  1. reward

Declension edit

Declension of med (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mēd mēda, mēde
accusative mēde mēda, mēde
genitive mēde mēda
dative mēde mēdum

Descendants edit

Polabian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *medъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

med m ? (genitive singular medai)

  1. honey

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French Mède.

Noun edit

med m (plural mezi)

  1. Mede

Declension edit

Declension of med
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) med medul (niște) mezi mezii
genitive/dative (unui) med medului (unor) mezi mezilor
vocative medule mezilor

Serbo-Croatian edit

 
Med
 
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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Cognate with English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) (whence English methylene, methane, Greek μέθη (méthi, “drunkness”)), Hindi मधु (madhu, “honey”) or Urdu مدھو (“honey”), Persian می (“wine”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑д)

  1. honey
    teče med i mleko iz usta - milk and honey floats from his mouth
Declension edit
Declension of med
singular plural
nominative mȇd mȅdovi
genitive mȅda mȅdōvā
dative mȅdu mȅdovima
accusative mȇd mȅdove
vocative mȅde mȅdovi
locative mȅdu mȅdovima
instrumental mȅdom mȅdovima

Etymology 2 edit

Variant of među.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

med (Cyrillic spelling мед)

  1. (Kajkavian) between
  2. (Kajkavian) among

Slovak edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

med m inan (genitive singular medu, nominative plural medy, genitive plural medov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. honey (the sweet liquid made by bees)

Declension edit

Declension of med
singular plural
nominative med medy
genitive medu medov
dative medu medom
accusative med medy
locative mede medoch
instrumental medom medmi

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “med”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *meďu

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

med

  1. (with instrumental) between (stationary)
  2. (with accusative) between (motion towards)

Etymology 2 edit

 
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From Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mẹ̑d m inan

  1. honey
Inflection edit
Declension of med (masculine, irregular)
nom. sing. med
gen. sing. medu, meda
singular
nominative med
accusative med
genitive medu, meda
dative medu
locative medu
instrumental medom
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative méd
genitive méda
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		méd
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		—
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		médu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		médom

Etymology 3 edit

 
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From Proto-Slavic *mědь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mẹ̑d f

  1. brass
Inflection edit
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nominative méd
genitive medí
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		méd
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		—
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		médi
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		medjó

Further reading edit

  • “med”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish mæþ, from Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

med

  1. also, as well, too
    Synonym: också
    • 2004, Lars Winnerbäck (lyrics and music), “Elegi”:
      Och du berätta' att du saknar mig i natt - det gör jag med
      And you've told that tonight you're missing me - I'm also doing it
Derived terms edit
  • See preposition below.

Preposition edit

med

  1. with, together with, in the company of
    Han tränar (tillsammans) med vänner.
    He trains (together) with friends.
  2. including, containing, with; in addition to
    Han hittade en plånbok med 100 euro.
    He found a wallet containing 100 euros.
    Med dig blir vi 4 (stycken).
    Including you, there will be four of us.
    Han har en motorcykel med sidovagn.
    He has a motorcycle with a sidecar.
    En hög med sand.
    A pile of sand.
  3. by, with; by means of
    Han reste med tåg.
    He travelled by train.
    Han öppnade dörren med nyckeln.
    He opened the door with the key.
  4. at, in, on, with (expressing manner)
    Han kör med en hastighet av 90 km/h
    He is driving at a speed of 90 km/h.
    Sluta skriva med stora bokstäver!
    Stop writing in capital letters!
    Han gjorde det med avsikt.
    He did it on purpose.
    Han talar med brytning.
    He speaks with an accent.
  5. to (in the expression "lika med" = "equal to")
    1 + 1 är lika med 2
    1 + 1 is equal to 2.
    Hon är gift med en svensk
    She is married to a Swede.
Antonyms edit
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Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse meiðr.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

med c

  1. a runner (device upon which something slides)
  2. a rocker (a device upon which something rocks)
Declension edit
Declension of med 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative med meden medar medarna
Genitive meds medens medars medarnas
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
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