medi
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
medi m (plural medis)
- medium (substance through which another passes)
- environment
- Synonym: entorn
- medium (person who communicates with ghosts)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “medi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Verb edit
medi
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of medir:
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese medo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu medu.
Verb edit
medi
- to fear
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
medi m pl
Noun edit
medi m pl
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
medi
- inflection of mediare:
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
medi m pl
Noun edit
medi m pl
Anagrams edit
Lithuanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mẽdi
Makonde edit
Noun edit
medi
References edit
- Edward Steere, Collections for a handbook of the Makonde language (1876)
- African Languages: Langues Africaines, volume 5 (1979), page 144
Middle English edit
Verb edit
medi
- Alternative form of meden
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
medi
- inflection of medir:
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
medi f
Slovene edit
Verb edit
mẹ́di or médi
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh medel, from Proto-Brythonic *medel, from Proto-Celtic *meteti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-.
See also Cornish mysi, Breton medi; also English meadow, Latin metō, Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdi/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːdi/, /ˈmɛdi/
Audio (file)
Verb edit
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
- c. 1800, attributed to Wil Hopcyn, "Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn":
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | medaf | medi | med, meda | medwn | medwch | medant | medir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
medwn | medit | medai | medem | medech | medent | medid | |
preterite | medais | medaist | medodd | medasom | medasoch | medasant | medwyd | |
pluperfect | medaswn | medasit | medasai | medasem | medasech | medasent | medasid, medesid | |
present subjunctive | medwyf | medych | medo | medom | medoch | medont | meder | |
imperative | — | med, meda | meded | medwn | medwch | medent | meder | |
verbal noun | medi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | mededig medadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | meda i, medaf i | medi di | medith o/e/hi, mediff e/hi | medwn ni | medwch chi | medan nhw |
conditional | medwn i, medswn i | medet ti, medset ti | medai fo/fe/hi, medsai fo/fe/hi | meden ni, medsen ni | medech chi, medsech chi | meden nhw, medsen nhw |
preterite | medais i, medes i | medaist ti, medest ti | medodd o/e/hi | medon ni | medoch chi | medon nhw |
imperative | — | meda | — | — | medwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms edit
- Medi (“September”)
Related terms edit
- medel (“reaping party, work group”)
Mutation edit
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. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “medi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies