meddwi
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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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
[edit]- 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