mesi

• mese, measi, mease

Borrowed from Greek μέση (mési).

mesi f

1. middle, center

• nolgic / nolgiuc / njilgioc

• njedz

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

mesi

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

mesi m

1. plural of mese

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

mesi (genitive mee, partitive mett)

1. honey

Declension of mesi (ÕS type 15/käsi, d/t-ø-s gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		mesi	meed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mee
genitive			mete
partitive		mett	mesi
illative		mette meesse	metesse mesisse
inessive		mees	metes mesis
elative		meest	metest mesist
allative		meele	metele mesile
adessive		meel	metel mesil
ablative		meelt	metelt mesilt
translative		meeks	meteks mesiks
terminative		meeni	meteni
essive		meena	metena
abessive		meeta	meteta
comitative		meega	metega

• mesilane
• mesitaru

• “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)

From Proto-Finnic *meci (“honey”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mete, which is probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (whence English mead), or more specifically from Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian.^[1] Cognates include Erzya медь (meď), Hungarian méz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈme̞s̠i]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation^(key): me‧si

mesi

1. nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds)
2. (archaic, dialectal) Synonym of hunaja (“honey”)

• mehiläinen

• “mesi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• esim., mies

From Proto-Finnic *meci. Cognates include Finnish mesi and Estonian mesi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈme̞s̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈme̞ʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: me‧si

mesi

1. nectar
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Unilinnut ja kimalaiset toittiijaat makkiaal kukan meel, lampaat ja lehmät söövät heinää, cirkkulaiset ja kyyhkyläiset nokkiit jyvviä, vesimaonkottaiset närivät rohhoa vesikasvoloist.

     Butterflies and bumblebees feed theirselves with the sweet nectar of flowers, sheep and cows eat hay, sparrows and doves peck grain, sea snails chew grass from water plants.

2. honey

Declension of mesi (type 5/vesi, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mesi	meet
genitive	meen	messiin, mesilöin
partitive	mettä	messiä, mesilöjä
illative	mettee	messii, mesilöihe
inessive	mees	mesiis, mesilöis
elative	meest	mesist, mesilöist
allative	meelle	mesille, mesilöille
adessive	meel	mesiil, mesilöil
ablative	meelt	mesilt, mesilöilt
translative	meeks	mesiks, mesilöiks
essive	metteennä, metteen	messiinnä, mesilöinnä, messiin, mesilöin
exessive1)	mettent	messint, mesilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• (nectar): meto
• (honey): meto

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 306

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.zi/
• Rhymes: -ezi
• Hyphenation: mé‧si

mesi m

1. plural of mese

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.zi/
• Rhymes: -ɛzi
• Hyphenation: mè‧si

mesi m

1. plural of meso

• mise, semi, semi-

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

mesi (genitive mii, partitive mett)

1. honey

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈmesʲi]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: me‧si

mesi

1. honey

Declension of mesi (type X/tuli, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mesi	meed
genitive	mee	mesije, mesii
partitive	mette	mesiite, mesii
illative	mette, mettese	mesiise
inessive	meez	mesiiz
elative	meesse	mesiisse
allative	meele	mesiile
adessive	meelle	mesiille
ablative	meelte	mesiilte
translative	meessi	mesiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mesi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn