межа

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈʐa]
  • (file)

Noun

межа́ (mežá) f inan (genitive межи́, nominative plural межи́ or ме́жи, genitive plural меже́й or меж)

  1. abutment, abuttal, boundary, margin, division (as in land plots)
    • Лев Толстой, Хозяин и работник 1895
      но чёрное э́то бы́ло не неподви́жно, а всё шевели́лось, и бы́ло не дере́вня, а вы́росший на меже́ высо́кий чернобы́льник
      no čórnoje éto býlo ne nepodvížno, a vsjó ševelílosʹ, i býlo ne derévnja, a výrosšij na mežé vysókij černobýlʹnik
      that black (thing), however, was not motionless but all too fluttering, and it was not the village but mugwort grown tall at the margin

Declension


Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [meˈʒɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

межа́ (mežá) f inan (genitive межі́, nominative plural ме́жі)

  1. bound, limit
  2. border, delimitation
  3. boundary, frontier

Declension

References

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