медовина

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *medovina, morphologically equivalent to мед (med, “honey”) +‎ -овина (-ovina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛdoˈvinɐ]

Noun

медови́на • (medovína) f

1. honey extract
2. mead

Inflection

Declension of медови́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	медови́на medovína	медови́ни medovíni
definite	медови́ната medovínata	медови́ните medovínite

Related terms

• ме́дов (médov, “of honey”)
• ме́ден (méden, “honey's”)
  • ме́денка (médenka, “gingerbread”)
  • ме́деница (médenica, “honey bread”)

References

• “медовина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “медовина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “медовина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *medovina, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈdɔvina]

Noun

медовина • (medovina) f (uncountable)

1. mead

Declension

Declension of медовина

	singular
indefinite	медовина (medovina)
definite unspecified	медовината (medovinata)
definite proximal	медовинава (medovinava)
definite distal	медовинана (medovinana)
vocative	медовино (medovino)