mesi

Alternative forms

• mese, measi, mease

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μέση (mési).

Noun

mesi f

1. middle, center

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.zi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.zi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.zi]

Verb

mesi

1. inflection of mesar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Noun

mesi m

1. plural of mese

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mete, which is probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognates include Hungarian méz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mesi (genitive mee, partitive mett)

1. honey

Further reading

• “mesi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “mesi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “mesi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• mesi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)