медовый месяц

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Calque of French lune de miel, itself a calque of English honeymoon.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈdovɨj ˈmʲesʲɪt͡s]

Noun edit

медо́вый ме́сяц (medóvyj mésjacm inan (genitive медо́вого ме́сяца, uncountable)

  1. honeymoon

Declension edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “медовый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress