meddu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh meðu, from Proto-Brythonic *mėðɨd, from Proto-Celtic *medyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”). Cognate with Old Irish midithir (“to judge”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛðɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːði/, /ˈmɛði/
Verb
[edit]meddu (first-person singular present meddaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | meddaf | meddi | medd | meddwn | meddwch | meddant | meddir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
meddwn | meddit | meddai | meddem | meddech | meddent | meddid | |
preterite | meddais | meddaist | meddodd | meddasom | meddasoch | meddasant | meddwyd | |
pluperfect | meddaswn | meddasit | meddasai | meddasem | meddasech | meddasent | meddasid, meddesid | |
present subjunctive | meddwyf | meddych | meddo | meddom | meddoch | meddont | medder | |
imperative | — | medd, medda | medded | meddwn | meddwch | meddent | medder | |
verbal noun | meddu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | meddedig meddadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | medda i, meddaf i | meddi di | meddith o/e/hi, meddiff e/hi | meddwn ni | meddwch chi | meddan nhw |
conditional | meddwn i, meddswn i | meddet ti, meddset ti | meddai fo/fe/hi, meddsai fo/fe/hi | medden ni, meddsen ni | meddech chi, meddsech chi | medden nhw, meddsen nhw |
preterite | meddais i, meddes i | meddaist ti, meddest ti | meddodd o/e/hi | meddon ni | meddoch chi | meddon nhw |
imperative | — | medda | — | — | meddwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- meddiant (“possession”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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meddu | feddu | 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]Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh verbs