meddiannu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meddiant (“possession”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɛˈðjanɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /mɛˈðjani/
Verb
[edit]meddiannu (first-person singular present meddiannaf)
Conjugation
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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