meddwi

Welsh

Etymology

From meddw (“drunk”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛðwi/

Verb

meddwi (first-person singular present meddwaf)

1. (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.

2. (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