среда

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *serda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [srɛˈda]

Noun

среда́ • (sredá) f

1. middle, mean

   зла́тна среда́ ― zlátna sredá ― golden mean, happy medium

2. (figuratively) environment, surroundings
3. (figuratively) circle (group of like-minded people)
4. (computing) ware

Declension

Declension of среда́

	singular	plural
indefinite	среда́ sredá	среди́ sredí
definite	среда́та sredáta	среди́те sredíte

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *serda. Morphologically from среда (sreda), from средина (sredina, “middle”), meaning middle of the week.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsrɛda]

Noun

среда • (sreda) f

1. Wednesday

See also

(days of the week) денови на седмицата (denovi na sedmicata); понеделник (ponedelnik), вторник (vtornik), среда (sreda), четврток (četvrtok), петок (petok), сабота (sabota), недела (nedela) ^{(Category: mk:Days of the week)}

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [srʲɪˈda]

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic срѣда (srěda), from Proto-Slavic *serda. Displaced native Old East Slavic середа (sereda, “middle; Wednesday”) (cf. середа́ (seredá)), третииникъ (tretiinikŭ, “Wednesday”, literally “third (day)”).

Noun

среда́ • (sredá) f inan (genitive среды́, nominative plural сре́ды, genitive plural сред)

1. Wednesday

   в сре́ду ― v srédu ― on Wednesday

   по среда́м ― po sredám ― on Wednesdays

   к среде́ ― k sredé ― by Wednesday

   со среды́ ― so sredý ― from Wednesday

   со среды́ до пя́тницы ― so sredý do pjátnicy ― from Wednesday to Friday

   в сле́дующую сре́ду ― v slédujuščuju srédu ― next Wednesday

Declension

Declension of среда́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-f'/d') 

	singular	plural
nominative	среда́ sredá	сре́ды srédy
genitive	среды́ sredý	сре́д sréd
dative	среде́ sredé	среда́м, сре́дам* sredám, srédam*
accusative	сре́ду srédu	сре́ды srédy
instrumental	средо́й, средо́ю sredój, sredóju	среда́ми, сре́дами* sredámi, srédami*
prepositional	среде́ sredé	среда́х, сре́дах* sredáx, srédax*

^* Uneducated.

Descendants

• → Ingrian: sereta
• → Yakut: сэрэдэ (serede)

See also

• (days of the week) дни неде́ли (dni nedéli); понеде́льник (ponedélʹnik), вто́рник (vtórnik), среда́ (sredá), четве́рг (četvérg), пя́тница (pjátnica), суббо́та (subbóta), воскресе́нье (voskresénʹje) ^{(Category: ru:Days of the week)}

Etymology 2

Same as Etymology 1

Noun

среда́ • (sredá) f inan (genitive среды́, nominative plural сре́ды, genitive plural сред)

1. environment, surroundings, sphere
2. midst
3. medium

Declension

Declension of среда́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	среда́ sredá	сре́ды srédy
genitive	среды́ sredý	сре́д sréd
dative	среде́ sredé	сре́дам srédam
accusative	среду́ sredú	сре́ды srédy
instrumental	средо́й, средо́ю sredój, sredóju	сре́дами srédami
prepositional	среде́ sredé	сре́дах srédax

See also

• сре́дний (srédnij)
• среди́ (sredí)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “среда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): срије́да

Etymology

From earlier srěda, from Proto-Slavic *serda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /srěːda/
• Hyphenation: сре‧да

Noun

сре́да f (Latin spelling sréda)

1. Wednesday
2. (expressively) middle, mean, midst

Declension

Declension of среда

	singular	plural
nominative	среда	среде
genitive	среде	среда
dative	среди	средама
accusative	среду	среде
vocative	средо	среде
locative	среди	средама
instrumental	средом	средама