meddwi
Welsh
Etymology
From meddw (“drunk”) + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛðwi/
Verb
meddwi (first-person singular present meddwaf)
- (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.
- (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
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| meddwi | feddwi | 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), “meddwi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies