meddu

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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).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

meddu (first-person singular present meddaf)

  1. to possess
    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

Derived terms

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.

References

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