медведь
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- bear
- male bear
- (informal) bear (of any bear-like animal)
- (finance) bear (on a stock market)
- (figuratively) large and clumsy person
- (criminal) safe
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *medvědь.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*medvědь
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ajakos medve Hungarian
- barnamedve Hungarian
- jegesmedve Hungarian
- kölyökmedve Hungarian
- medve Hungarian
- medvebocs Hungarian
- medvecukor Hungarian
- medvéd Hungarian
- medvéi Hungarian
- medvéid Hungarian
- medvéik Hungarian
- medvéim Hungarian
- medvéink Hungarian
- medvéitek Hungarian
- medvéje Hungarian
- medvéjük Hungarian
- medvék Hungarian
- medvékkel Hungarian
- medvém Hungarian
- medvénk Hungarian
- medvét Hungarian
- medvétek Hungarian
- medvével Hungarian
- mosómedve Hungarian
- niedźwiedź Polish
- *medvědь Proto-Slavic
- medvěd Czech
- medved Serbo-Croatian
- medvjed Serbo-Croatian
- медвед Serbo-Croatian
- медвјед Serbo-Croatian
- ведмідь Ukrainian
- medveď Slovak
- medved Slovene
- медвѣдь Old East Slavic
- mjadwjeź Lower Sorbian
- mjedwjedź Upper Sorbian
- miedzwiédz Kashubian