medd

Maltese

Root
m-d-d
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَدَّ (madda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/

Verb

medd (imperfect jmidd, past participle mimdud)

1. (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

1. Alternative form of mad

Etymology 2

Derived from the adjective.

Verb

medd

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. authority, power
2. possession(s)

Related terms

• -fedd (“-length”)
• meddu (“to possess”)
• meddwl (“to think”)

Etymology 3

Verb

medd

1. (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