между
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďu, a fossilized dual locative case of *meďa (“boundary, middle”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
между́ • (meždú)
- between (in the position or interval that separates two things)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- межди́ (meždí) (sg. loc., obsolete)
References edit
- “между”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “между”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams edit
- между- (meždu-)
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic междоу (meždu), from Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare inherited East Slavic меж (mež).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
ме́жду • (méždu)
Usage notes edit
- In some older expressions or collocations, ме́жду (méždu) or меж (mež) is used with a genitive case, rather than the regular instrumental case, e.g. ме́жду двух огне́й (méždu dvux ognéj), ме́жду строк (méždu strok, “between the lines”), ме́жду глаз (méždu glaz, “between the eyes”).
- In various cases both genitive and instrumental are used, e.g. ме́жду ног (méždu nog, “between the legs”) or ме́жду нога́ми (méždu nogámi, “between the legs”), ме́жду о́кон (méždu ókon, “between the windows”) or ме́жду о́кнами (méždu óknami, “between the windows”)
Derived terms edit
- междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “между”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress