medi
See also: Medi, medí, mēḑi, and medį
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin medium.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.di/
Noun
medi m (plural medis)
- medium (substance through which another passes)
- environment
- medium (person who communicates with ghosts)
Further reading
- “medi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese medo. Cognates with Kabuverdianu medu.
Verb
medi
- to fear
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛdi
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
medî
- Masculine plural of adjective medio.
Noun
medî m pl
- plural of medio
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
medi
- inflection of mediare:
- second-person singular present
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
medi
- Masculine plural of adjective medo.
Noun
medi m pl
- plural of medo
Anagrams
- dime, idem
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmæːdɪ]
Noun
mẽdi
- vocative singular of medis
Makonde
Noun
medi
- water
References
- Edward Steere, Collections for a handbook of the Makonde language (1876)
- African Languages: Langues Africaines, volume 5 (1979), page 144
Portuguese
Verb
medi
- first-person singular preterite of medir
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *meto- (compare Cornish mysi, Breton medi), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”) (compare English meadow, Latin metō, Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdi/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːdi/, /ˈmɛdi/
Audio (file)
Verb
medi (first-person singular present medaf)
- to reap
- c. 1800, attributed to Wil Hopcyn, "Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn":
- Myfi’n bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn
Ac arall yn ei fedi.- I’m watching the white wheat
And someone else is reaping it.
- I’m watching the white wheat
- Myfi’n bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn
- c. 1800, attributed to Wil Hopcyn, "Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn":
Related terms
- medel
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
medi | fedi | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |