medd
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| m-d-d |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic مَدَّ (madda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛt/
Verb
medd (imperfect jmidd, past participle mimdud)
- (transitive) to lay (something on a surface, especially one's hand)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of medd | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | meddejt | meddejt | medd | meddejna | meddejtu | meddew | |
| f | meddet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | mmidd | tmidd | jmidd | mmiddu | tmiddu | jmiddu | |
| f | tmidd | |||||||
| imperative | midd | middu | ||||||
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ġemǣdd.
Adjective
medd
- Alternative form of mad
Etymology 2
Derived from the adjective.
Verb
medd
- Alternative form of madden
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːð/
- Rhymes: -eːð
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh medd, from Proto-Brythonic *með, from Proto-Celtic *medu (“mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).
Noun
medd m (uncountable)
- mead
Etymology 2
From the same source as meddu (“to rule, possess”). Compare with Middle Breton mez (“ability”), Old Irish med, Modern Irish meadh.
Noun
medd f (plural meddau or meddion)
- authority, power
- possession(s)
Related terms
- -fedd (“-length”)
- meddu (“to possess”)
- meddwl (“to think”)
Verb
medd
- (colloquial) Synonym of meddai
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| medd | fedd | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “medd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies