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Tibetan
Etymology
Various theories exist:
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-miːt (“to extinguish; to shut abruptly; to wink; to blink; to die”). Cognate with Chinese 滅 (OC *med, “to perish; to be destroyed; to destroy”) (Benedict, 1972).
- Contraction of མི (mi, “not”) + ཡོད (yod, “to be”) (Jäschke, 1881).
- Contraction of མི (mi, “not”) + རེད (red, “to be; to be ready”). The latter is related to སྲིད་པ (srid pa, “existence; state of being; living”) (Matisoff, 1985).
Pronunciation
Verb
མེད • (med) (nominal form མེད་པ)
- to be not, to exist not
- རྒྱ་ལ་མེད་པའི་ཡི་གེ་དྲུག ― rgya la med pa'i yi ge drug ― six letters not found in Sanskrit
Conjugation
Conjugation of མེད
Tense/Mood
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Form
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Wylie
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Present
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མེད |
med
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Future
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མེད |
med
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Past
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མེད |
med
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Imperative
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མེད |
med
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Derived terms
- ཆར་མེད (char med, “drought; literally, rainlessness”)
- རིས་མེད (ris med)