медун
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, мед (med, “honey”) + -ун (-un).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]меду́н • (medún) m (dialectal)
- (nomen agentis)
- bear
- (figurative) hulk (lumbering person)
- (nomen instrumenti)
Declension
[edit]Declension of меду́н
Derived terms
[edit]- меду́нка (medúnka, “small sample of honey”) (diminutive)
References
[edit]- “медун”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “меду́нъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 57
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “медун”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 713