med
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Clippings.
Adjective Edit
med (not comparable)
Derived terms Edit
Noun Edit
med (plural meds)
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
- He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.
- Medicine
Usage notes Edit
- Often, or even primarily, used in negative constructions like off his meds. When so used it does not necessarily imply the person has been prescribed drugs, only that the person is acting like somebody who needs drugs and is not taking them.
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
med
- (UK, dialect) May; might.
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:
- You med be religious, or you med not, but you can't help striking in your homely note with the rest.
Anagrams Edit
Central Franconian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle High German muode, from Old High German muodi.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
med (masculine mede, feminine med, comparative meder, superlative et medste)
- (northern Moselle Franconian) tired
Czech Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Old Czech med, from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
med m inan (related adjective medový)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
- medvěd m
Further reading Edit
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
med
References Edit
- “med,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latin Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
mēd
- Early Latin form of mē
- 7th century BC, Praeneste fibula:
- 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔:𐌌𐌄𐌃:𐌅𐌇𐌄⁝𐌅𐌇𐌀𐌊𐌄𐌃:𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌏𐌉
- MANIOS:MED:FHE⁝FHAKED:NVMASIOI
- Manius made me for Numasius
- 7th–5th century BC, Duenos inscription:
- 𐌉𐌏𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌏𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌉𐌓𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌉𐌄𐌃 / […] / 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌅𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌄𐌉𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌃
- IOVESATDEIVOSQOIMEDMITATNEITEDENDOCOSMISVIRCOSIED / […] / DVENOSMEDFECEDENMANOMEINOMDVENOINEMEDMALOSTATOD
iouesāt deivos qoi mēd mitāt, nei tēd endō cosmis vircō siēd / […] / duenos mēd fēced en mānōm (m)einom duenōi nē mēd malo(s) statōd - The person who sends me prays to the gods, lest the girl be not kind towards thee / […] / A good man made me (in good intention?) for a good man; may I not be stolen by an evil man.
- IOVESATDEIVOSQOIMEDMITATNEITEDENDOCOSMISVIRCOSIED / […] / DVENOSMEDFECEDENMANOMEINOMDVENOINEMEDMALOSTATOD
- c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:
- 𐌄𐌂𐌏𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌉𐌀𐌔𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓[𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌]𐌄𐌃𐌖𐌇𐌄[𐌂𐌄𐌃]
- ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
eco urna tita vendias mamar[cos m]ed vhe[ced] - I am the urn of Tita Vendia. Mamar[cos had me made].
- ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
- 6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I2 2658; image (page 18)):
- 𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔[…]𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃
- HOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD
Hoi mēd mitāt Kāvios […]monios Qetios d[ō]nom prō fileōd. - Kavios […]monios Qetios places me here as a gift on behalf of his son.
- HOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD
- c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
- 𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏
- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m] - Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii
- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
- 7th century BC, Praeneste fibula:
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
med
- Alternative form of mede (“mead (beverage)”)
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
med
- Alternative form of mede (“meadow”)
Etymology 3 Edit
Noun Edit
med
- Alternative form of mede (“reward”)
Etymology 4 Edit
Preposition Edit
med
- Alternative spelling of mid
Adjective Edit
med
- Alternative spelling of mid
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Norse með (“with, along with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with, by, through; along, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (“in the middle of, near, by, around, with”).
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
med
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “med” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
med
- with (in the company of)
- Kven vert med oss?
- Who is coming with us?
- by
- med båt / tog - by boat / train
- of
- fat med olje - barrel of oil
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “med” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Czech Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
med m inan
Declension Edit
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | med | medy | medové, medi |
genitive | medu | medú | medóv |
dative | medovi, medu | medoma | medóm |
accusative | med | medy | medy |
vocative | mede | medy | medové, medi |
locative | medu | medú | mediech |
instrumental | medem | medoma | medy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants Edit
- Czech: med
Further reading Edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “med”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
mēd f
- reward
- 5th century, Undley bracteate
- 5th century, Undley bracteate
Declension Edit
Descendants Edit
Polabian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Slavic *medъ.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
med m (genitive medai)
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
med m (plural mezi)
Declension Edit
Serbo-Croatian Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Cognate with English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) (whence English methylene, methane, Greek μέθη (méthi, “drunkness”)), Hindi मधु (madhu, “honey”) or Urdu مدھو (“honey”), Persian می (“wine”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
mȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑д)
- honey
- teče med i mleko iz usta - milk and honey floats from his mouth
Declension Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Variant of među.
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
med (Cyrillic spelling мед)
Slovak Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
med m inan (genitive singular medu, nominative plural medy, genitive plural medov, declension pattern of dub)
- honey (the sweet liquid made by bees)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “med”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2023
Slovene Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Slavic *meďu
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
med
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Slavic *mȅdъ
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
mẹ̑d m inan
Inflection Edit
Declension of med (masculine, irregular) | |||
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nom. sing. | med | ||
gen. sing. | medu, meda | ||
singular | |||
nominative | med | ||
accusative | med | ||
genitive | medu, meda | ||
dative | medu | ||
locative | medu | ||
instrumental | medom |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
---|---|---|
nominative | méd | |
genitive | méda | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
méd | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
médu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
médom |
Etymology 3 Edit
From Proto-Slavic *mědь.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
mẹ̑d f
Inflection Edit
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent | ||
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nominative | méd | |
genitive | medí | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
méd | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
médi | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
medjó |
Further reading Edit
- “med”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Swedish mædh, from Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic *midi.
Adverb Edit
med
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
- See preposition, below
Preposition Edit
med
- with, together with, in the company of
- Han tränar (tillsammans) med vänner.
- He trains (together) with friends.
- including, containing, with; in addition to
- Han hittade en plånbok med 100 euro.
- He found a wallet containing 100 euros.
- Med dig blir vi 4 (stycken).
- Including you, there will be four of us.
- Han har en motorcykel med sidovagn.
- He has a motorcycle with a sidecar.
- En hög med sand.
- A pile of sand.
- by, with; by means of
- Han reste med tåg.
- He travelled by train.
- Han öppnade dörren med nyckeln.
- He opened the door with the key.
- at, in, on, with (expressing manner)
- Han kör med en hastighet av 90 km/h
- He is driving at a speed of 90 km/h.
- Sluta skriva med stora bokstäver!
- Stop writing in capital letters!
- Han gjorde det med avsikt.
- He did it on purpose.
- Han talar med brytning.
- He speaks with an accent.
- to (in the expression "lika med" = "equal to")
- 1 + 1 är lika med 2
- 1 + 1 is equal to 2.
- Hon är gift med en svensk
- She is married to a Swede.
Antonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
- dela med sig
- dra med sig
- draga med sig
- därmed
- från och med
- föra med sig
- förse med
- ge med sig
- gå med på
- härmed
- i och med
- hålla med
- hänga med
- känna med sig
- leva med
- medagerande
- medansvar
- medansvarig
- medarbetare
- medarrangör
- medarvinge
- medbedömare
- medberoende
- medbestämmande
- medbjuden
- medborgare
- medborgerlig
- medbringa
- medbringare
- medbroder
- medbrottslig
- medbrottslighet
- medbrottsling
- meddela
- meddelare
- meddelelse
- meddelsam
- meddelägare
- meddetsamma
- med detsamma
- med det samma
- medfaren
- medfinansiering
- medfinansiär
- medflyttning
- medfånge
- medfödd
- medfölja
- medföra
- medförfattare
- medförälder
- medge
- medgiva
- medgivande
- medgång
- medgörlig
- medgörlighet
- medhavd
- medhjälp
- medhjälpare
- medhåll
- medhållare
- medhårs
- medhörning
- medinflytande
- medintressent
- medkandidat
- medkristen
- medkämpe
- medkännande
- medkänsla
- medlem
- medlidande
- medlidsam
- medlidsamhet
- medljud
- medljudande
- medlut
- medlöpare
- medlöperi
- med mera
- medmotionär
- medmusikant
- medmusiker
- medmänniska
- medmänsklig
- medmänsklighet
- medpassagerare
- medpatient
- medregent
- medresenär
- medryckande
- medräkna
- medräkning
- medsamma
- medskapande
- medskapare
- medskicka
- medskickning
- medskyldig
- medsols
- medspelande
- medspelare
- medspår
- medström
- medströms
- medsyster
- medsända
- medsökande
- medta
- medtaga
- medtagen
- medtagenhet
- medtrafikant
- medtävlande
- medtävlare
- medurs
- medutgivare
- medvarelse
- medverka
- medverkan
- medverkande
- medvetande
- medveten
- medvetslös
- medvetslöshet
- medvind
- medåtalad
- medägare
- medömkan
- stryka med
- till och med
- vara med
- varmed
Related terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
med c
Declension Edit
Declension of med | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | med | meden | medar | medarna |
Genitive | meds | medens | medars | medarnas |