medved

See also: Medved, medveď, medvéd, and medvěd

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mèdvjed (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *medvědь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mědʋed/
• Hyphenation: med‧ved

Noun

mèdved m (Cyrillic spelling мѐдвед)

1. bear (mammal)

Declension

Declension of medved

	singular	plural
nominative	mèdved	medvedi
genitive	medveda	mȅdvēdā
dative	medvedu	medvedima
accusative	medveda	medvede
vocative	medvede	medvedi
locative	medvedu	medvedima
instrumental	medvedom	medvedima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *medvědь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̀ːdʋɛt/

Noun

médved m anim (female equivalent medvẹ̑dka)

1. bear

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mêdved
gen. sing.	medvéda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mêdved	medvéda	medvédi medvédje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	medvéda	medvédov	medvédov
dative (dajȃlnik)	medvédu	medvédoma	medvédom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	medvéda	medvéda	medvéde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	medvédu	medvédih	medvédih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	medvédom	medvédoma	medvédi

Further reading

• “medved”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025