meddwi

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Welsh

Etymology

From meddw (“drunk”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

Verb

meddwi (first-person singular present meddwaf)

  1. (intransitive) to get drunk, to become intoxicated
    Fe yfodd ac fe yfodd ac fe feddwodd yn ulw.
    He drank and drank and got totally drunk.
  2. (transitive) to make drunk, to intoxicate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future meddwaf meddwi meddwa meddwn meddwch meddwant meddwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional meddwn meddwit meddwai meddwem meddwech meddwent meddwid
preterite meddwais meddwaist meddwodd meddwsom meddwsoch meddwsant meddwyd
pluperfect meddwswn meddwsit meddwsai meddwsem meddwsech meddwsent meddwsid
present subjunctive meddwyf meddwych meddwo meddwom meddwoch meddwont meddwer
imperative — meddwa meddwed meddwn meddwch meddwent meddwer
verbal noun meddwi
verbal adjectives meddwedig
meddwadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future meddwa i, meddwaf i meddwi di meddwith o/e/hi, meddwiff e/hi meddwn ni meddwch chi meddwan nhw
conditional meddwn i, meddwswn i meddwet ti, meddwset ti meddwai fo/fe/hi, meddwsai fo/fe/hi meddwen ni, meddwsen ni meddwech chi, meddwsech chi meddwen nhw, meddwsen nhw
preterite meddwais i, meddwes i meddwaist ti, meddwest ti meddwodd o/e/hi meddwon ni meddwoch chi meddwon nhw
imperative — meddwa — — meddwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of meddwi
radical soft nasal aspirate
meddwi feddwi unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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