meddu

Welsh

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛðɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːði/, /ˈmɛði/

Verb

meddu (first-person singular present meddaf)

1. to possess [with ar]

   Synonym: meddiannu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	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
	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

• meddiant (“possession”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meddu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
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.