медавуха

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• miedavucha — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

By surface analysis, мядо́вы (mjadóvy, “honey”, adjective) +‎ -у́ха (-úxa). Compare Russian медову́ха (medovúxa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲedaˈvuxa]
• Rhymes: -uxa

Noun

медаву́ха • (mjedavúxa) f inan (genitive медаву́хі, uncountable)

1. mead (a light hoppy drink made from honey)

Declension

Declension of медаву́ха (inan sg-only velar fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	медаву́ха mjedavúxa
genitive	медаву́хі mjedavúxi
dative	медаву́се mjedavúsje
accusative	медаву́ху mjedavúxu
instrumental	медаву́хай, медаву́хаю mjedavúxaj, mjedavúxaju
locative	медаву́се mjedavúsje

References

• “медавуха” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “медавуха”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)