медзь

Belarusian

Chemical element
Cu
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Alternative forms

• miedź — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mědь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲet͡sʲ]

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• Homophone: мець (mjecʹ)

Noun

медзь • (mjedzʹ) f inan (genitive ме́дзі, uncountable, relational adjective ме́дны)

1. copper

Declension

Declension of медзь (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	медзь mjedzʹ
genitive	ме́дзі mjédzi
dative	ме́дзі mjédzi
accusative	медзь mjedzʹ
instrumental	ме́ддзю mjéddzju
locative	ме́дзі mjédzi

References

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