meddiannu

Welsh

Etymology

From meddiant (“possession”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛˈðjanɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛˈðjani/

Verb

meddiannu (first-person singular present meddiannaf)

1. to possess

   Synonym: meddu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	meddiannaf	meddienni	meddianna	meddiannwn	meddiennwch, meddiannwch	meddiannant	meddiennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	meddiannwn	meddiannit	meddiannai	meddiannem	meddiannech	meddiannent	meddiennid
preterite	meddiennais	meddiennaist	meddiannodd	meddianasom	meddianasoch	meddianasant	meddiannwyd
pluperfect	meddianaswn	meddianasit	meddianasai	meddianasem	meddianasech	meddianasent	meddianasid, meddianesid
present subjunctive	meddiannwyf	meddiennych	meddianno	meddiannom	meddiannoch	meddiannont	meddianner
imperative	—	meddianna, meddianna	meddianned	meddiannwn	meddiennwch, meddiannwch	meddiannent	meddianner
verbal noun	meddiannu
verbal adjectives	meddianedig meddianadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	meddianna i, meddiannaf i	meddianni di	meddiannith o/e/hi, meddianniff e/hi	meddiannwn ni	meddiannwch chi	meddiannan nhw
conditional	meddiannwn i, meddianswn i	meddiannet ti, meddianset ti	meddiannai fo/fe/hi, meddiansai fo/fe/hi	meddiannen ni, meddiansen ni	meddiannech chi, meddiansech chi	meddiannen nhw, meddiansen nhw
preterite	meddiannais i, meddiannes i	meddiannaist ti, meddiannest ti	meddiannodd o/e/hi	meddiannon ni	meddiannoch chi	meddiannon nhw
imperative	—	meddianna	—	—	meddiannwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of meddiannu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
meddiannu	feddiannu	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddiannu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies