meddu

Welsh

Etymology

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

Usage notes

This verb requires the preposition ar to precede the item possessed.

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

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
meddu feddu unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
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