меденка

Bulgarian

Торунски меденки

Etymology

From мед (med, “honey”) +‎ -енка (-enka). Formally reflects an earlier Proto-Slavic *meděnъka (“honey product”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛdɛŋkɐ]

Noun

ме́денка • (médenka) f

1. gingerbread (sweet cake made with honey)
2. (figurative) sweet, juicy fruit (of pear, apple, plum)

Inflection

Declension of ме́денка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ме́денка médenka	ме́денки médenki
definite	ме́денката médenkata	ме́денките médenkite

Related terms

• ме́дов (médov, “of honey”)
  • медови́на (medovína, “mead”)
• ме́ден (méden, “honey's”)
  • ме́деница (médenica, “honey bread”)

References

• “меденка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “меденка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010