"медведь" meaning in Russian

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Noun

IPA: [mʲɪdˈvʲetʲ] Audio: Ru-медведь.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old East Slavic медвѣдь (medvědĭ), from Proto-Slavic *medvědь. Literally, “one that eats mead/honey”. Compare Sanskrit मध्वद् (madhvad, “honey- or mead-eating”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|orv|медвѣдь|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old East Slavic медвѣдь (medvědĭ), {{inh+|ru|orv|медвѣдь}} Inherited from Old East Slavic медвѣдь (medvědĭ), {{der|ru|sla-pro|*medvědь}} Proto-Slavic *medvědь, {{m-g|one that eats mead/honey}} “one that eats mead/honey”, {{lit|one that eats mead/honey}} Literally, “one that eats mead/honey”, {{cog|sa|मध्वद्||honey- or mead-eating}} Sanskrit मध्वद् (madhvad, “honey- or mead-eating”) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|медве́дь|m|a=an|adj=медве́жий|f=медве́дица}} медве́дь • (medvédʹ) m anim (genitive медве́дя, nominative plural медве́ди, genitive plural медве́дей, feminine медве́дица, relational adjective медве́жий) Forms: медве́дь [canonical], medvédʹ [romanization], медве́дя [genitive], медве́ди [nominative, plural], медве́дей [genitive, plural], медве́дица [feminine], медве́жий [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], медве́дь [nominative, singular], медве́ди [nominative, plural], медве́дя [genitive, singular], медве́дей [genitive, plural], медве́дю [dative, singular], медве́дям [dative, plural], медве́дя [accusative, singular], медве́дей [accusative, plural], медве́дем [instrumental, singular], медве́дями [instrumental, plural], медве́де [prepositional, singular], медве́дях [plural, prepositional]
  1. bear Categories (lifeform): Ursids
    Sense id: en-медведь-ru-noun-vJi7UOgJ Disambiguation of Ursids: 26 12 21 12 4 26
  2. male bear Categories (lifeform): Male animals, Ursids
    Sense id: en-медведь-ru-noun-dJeSBDSh Disambiguation of Male animals: 1 70 8 7 1 12 Disambiguation of Ursids: 26 12 21 12 4 26
  3. (informal) bear (of any bear-like animal) Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Ursids
    Sense id: en-медведь-ru-noun-THovjhl0 Disambiguation of Ursids: 26 12 21 12 4 26
  4. (finance) bear (on a stock market) Categories (topical): Finance Categories (lifeform): Ursids
    Sense id: en-медведь-ru-noun-vaxpAQUp Disambiguation of Ursids: 26 12 21 12 4 26 Categories (other): Russian nouns with accent pattern a Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 15 15 15 23 15 15 Topics: business, finance
  5. (figuratively) large and clumsy person Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-медведь-ru-noun-2pATbELr Disambiguation of People: 0 0 2 0 94 4
  6. (criminal slang) safe (see also медвежа́тник (medvežátnik)) Tags: slang Categories (topical): Crime Categories (lifeform): Ursids
    Sense id: en-медведь-ru-noun-PAQvGzAW Disambiguation of Ursids: 26 12 21 12 4 26 Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 23 6 6 62 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 2 2 22 8 9 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: медвѣ́дь — Pre-reform orthography (1918) (medvě́dʹ) Derived forms: медве́дица (medvédica), медве́дка (medvédka), медвежо́нок (medvežónok), медвежа́тина (medvežátina), медвежа́тник (medvežátnik), медве́жий (medvéžij), медве́жий у́гол (medvéžij úgol), медве́жья боле́знь (medvéžʹja boléznʹ), медве́жья услу́га (medvéžʹja uslúga), по-медве́жьи (po-medvéžʹi) Related terms: ми́шка (míška)

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        {
          "_dis": "26 12 21 12 4 26",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Ursids",
          "orig": "ru:Ursids",
          "parents": [
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            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then, if a bear is in a burrow, a thin vapor will come out of there, which is seen on the thawed snow of the trees, under the cover of which the burrow is dug.",
          "ref": "1893, В. И. Вербицкій, Алта́йские иноро́дцы [Altaic minorities], page 33",
          "roman": "Zatém, jésli medvédʹ naxóditsja v berlóge, to ottúda vyxódit tónkij par, što vídno na obtájennom snége derévʹjev, pod navésom kotóryx výryta berlóga.",
          "text": "Зате́мъ, е́сли медве́дь нахо́дится въ берло́ге, то отту́да выхо́дитъ то́нкій паръ, что ви́дно на обта́енномъ сне́ге дере́вьевъ, подъ наве́сом кото́рыхъ вы́рыта берло́га.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "And not a bear at all\nOh, how pleasantly it is to a raincloud\nTo fly through the sky.",
          "ref": "1958, Boris Zakhoder, Ви́нни-Пух и все-все-все [Winnie the Pooh and absolutely everyone]",
          "roman": "I'm a raincloud, raincloud, raincloud",
          "text": "Я ту́чка, ту́чка, ту́чка,\nА во́все не медве́дь\nАх, как прия́тно ту́чке\nПо́ небу лете́ть.\nJa túčka, túčka, túčka,\nA vóvse ne medvédʹ\nAx, kak prijátno túčke\nPó nebu letétʹ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The bear fixed its little eyes on him in a friendly manner, drew in air through its wet, shiny nose and suddenly gave paw.",
          "ref": "2015, Mikhael Grishin, Медве́дь по и́мени Запла́тка, или Но́вые приключе́ния Ви́тьки Карто́шкина и его́ ве́рной кома́нды [The bear named Zaplatka, or the new adventures of Vit'ka Kartoshkin and his loyal squad]",
          "roman": "Medvédʹ druželjúbno ustávilsja na nevó málenʹkimi glázkami, s šúmom vtjanúl vózdux mókrym losnjáščimsja nósom i neožídanno podál lápu",
          "text": "Медве́дь дружелю́бно уста́вился на него́ ма́ленькими гла́зками, с шу́мом втяну́л во́здух мо́крым лосня́щимся но́сом и неожи́данно пода́л ла́пу",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-медведь-ru-noun-vJi7UOgJ",
      "links": [
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    },
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          "name": "Male animals",
          "orig": "ru:Male animals",
          "parents": [
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            "Male",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Gender",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
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            "Social sciences",
            "Society"
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        {
          "english": "Then it turned out that the bear isn't a male bear, but a female bear, and Katjusha was very disappointed.",
          "ref": "2014, Н. А. Тэффи, Книга Июнь. О нежности [Book June. On tenderness], page 239",
          "roman": "Potóm okazálosʹ, što medvédʹ - ne medvédʹ, a medvédica, i Katjúšu éto strášno razočaroválo.",
          "text": "Пото́м оказа́лось, что медве́дь - не медве́дь, а медве́дица, и Катю́шу э́то стра́шно разочарова́ло.",
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        "(informal) bear (of any bear-like animal)"
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          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "ru:Finance",
          "parents": [
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Chordates",
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            "Fundamental",
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          "name": "People",
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        {
          "english": "heavy-handed like a bear",
          "roman": "neukljúžij, kak medvédʹ",
          "text": "неуклю́жий, как медве́дь",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to walk ungracefully, like a bear",
          "roman": "xodítʹ, kak medvédʹ",
          "text": "ходи́ть, как медве́дь",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he's tone-deaf",
          "roman": "Jemú medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl",
          "text": "Ему́ медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "large and clumsy person"
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      "id": "en-медведь-ru-noun-2pATbELr",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) large and clumsy person"
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        "figuratively"
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    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "ru:Crime",
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            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
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            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 1 23 6 6 62",
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        {
          "_dis": "2 2 22 8 9 57",
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      "ipa": "[mʲɪdˈvʲetʲ]"
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}
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      "roman": "medvežátina",
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      "roman": "medvéžij úgol",
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      "roman": "medvéžʹja boléznʹ",
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      "form": "soft-stem",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "accent-a",
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        "class"
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      "form": "медве́дь",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "медве́ди",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "медве́дя",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "медве́дей",
      "roman": "medvédej",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "медве́дю",
      "roman": "medvédju",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "медве́дям",
      "roman": "medvédjam",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "медве́дя",
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      "form": "медве́дей",
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      "form": "медве́дем",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "медве́дями",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "медве́де",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "медве́дях",
      "roman": "medvédjax",
      "source": "declension",
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        {
          "english": "Then, if a bear is in a burrow, a thin vapor will come out of there, which is seen on the thawed snow of the trees, under the cover of which the burrow is dug.",
          "ref": "1893, В. И. Вербицкій, Алта́йские иноро́дцы [Altaic minorities], page 33",
          "roman": "Zatém, jésli medvédʹ naxóditsja v berlóge, to ottúda vyxódit tónkij par, što vídno na obtájennom snége derévʹjev, pod navésom kotóryx výryta berlóga.",
          "text": "Зате́мъ, е́сли медве́дь нахо́дится въ берло́ге, то отту́да выхо́дитъ то́нкій паръ, что ви́дно на обта́енномъ сне́ге дере́вьевъ, подъ наве́сом кото́рыхъ вы́рыта берло́га.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "And not a bear at all\nOh, how pleasantly it is to a raincloud\nTo fly through the sky.",
          "ref": "1958, Boris Zakhoder, Ви́нни-Пух и все-все-все [Winnie the Pooh and absolutely everyone]",
          "roman": "I'm a raincloud, raincloud, raincloud",
          "text": "Я ту́чка, ту́чка, ту́чка,\nА во́все не медве́дь\nАх, как прия́тно ту́чке\nПо́ небу лете́ть.\nJa túčka, túčka, túčka,\nA vóvse ne medvédʹ\nAx, kak prijátno túčke\nPó nebu letétʹ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The bear fixed its little eyes on him in a friendly manner, drew in air through its wet, shiny nose and suddenly gave paw.",
          "ref": "2015, Mikhael Grishin, Медве́дь по и́мени Запла́тка, или Но́вые приключе́ния Ви́тьки Карто́шкина и его́ ве́рной кома́нды [The bear named Zaplatka, or the new adventures of Vit'ka Kartoshkin and his loyal squad]",
          "roman": "Medvédʹ druželjúbno ustávilsja na nevó málenʹkimi glázkami, s šúmom vtjanúl vózdux mókrym losnjáščimsja nósom i neožídanno podál lápu",
          "text": "Медве́дь дружелю́бно уста́вился на него́ ма́ленькими гла́зками, с шу́мом втяну́л во́здух мо́крым лосня́щимся но́сом и неожи́данно пода́л ла́пу",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bear"
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          "bear"
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Then it turned out that the bear isn't a male bear, but a female bear, and Katjusha was very disappointed.",
          "ref": "2014, Н. А. Тэффи, Книга Июнь. О нежности [Book June. On tenderness], page 239",
          "roman": "Potóm okazálosʹ, što medvédʹ - ne medvédʹ, a medvédica, i Katjúšu éto strášno razočaroválo.",
          "text": "Пото́м оказа́лось, что медве́дь - не медве́дь, а медве́дица, и Катю́шу э́то стра́шно разочарова́ло.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "male bear"
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        [
          "male",
          "male"
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          "bear",
          "bear"
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      "categories": [
        "Russian informal terms"
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        "bear (of any bear-like animal)"
      ],
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          "bear"
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        "(informal) bear (of any bear-like animal)"
      ],
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        "informal"
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      "categories": [
        "ru:Finance"
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      "glosses": [
        "bear (on a stock market)"
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          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
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        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
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        "(finance) bear (on a stock market)"
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        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "heavy-handed like a bear",
          "roman": "neukljúžij, kak medvédʹ",
          "text": "неуклю́жий, как медве́дь",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to walk ungracefully, like a bear",
          "roman": "xodítʹ, kak medvédʹ",
          "text": "ходи́ть, как медве́дь",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he's tone-deaf",
          "roman": "Jemú medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl",
          "text": "Ему́ медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "large and clumsy person"
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        "(figuratively) large and clumsy person"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "Russian criminal slang",
        "ru:Crime"
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        "safe (see also медвежа́тник (medvežátnik))"
      ],
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          "criminal"
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          "safe",
          "safe"
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          "медвежа́тник",
          "медвежатник#Russian"
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        "(criminal slang) safe (see also медвежа́тник (medvežátnik))"
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        "slang"
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      "roman": "medvě́dʹ",
      "word": "медвѣ́дь — Pre-reform orthography (1918)"
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    "ru:медведь"
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}

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