medi

See also: Medi, medí, medį, međi, and mēḑi

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin medium.

Pronunciation

Noun

medi m (plural medis)

  1. medium (substance through which another passes)
  2. environment
    Synonym: entorn
  3. medium (person who communicates with ghosts)

Derived terms

Further reading

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese medo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu medu.

Verb

medi

  1. to fear

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.di/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdi
  • Syllabification: mè‧di

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

medi m pl

  1. masculine plural of medio

Noun

medi m pl

  1. plural of medio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

medi

  1. inflection of mediare:
    1. second-person singular present
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

medi m pl

  1. masculine plural of medo

Noun

medi m pl

  1. plural of medo

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmæːdɪ]

Noun

mẽdi

  1. vocative singular of medis

Makonde

Noun

medi

  1. water

References

  • Edward Steere, Collections for a handbook of the Makonde language (1876)
  • African Languages: Langues Africaines, volume 5 (1979), page 144

Middle English

Verb

medi

  1. Alternative form of meden

Portuguese

Verb

medi

  1. inflection of medir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmeɟi]

Noun

medi f

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of meď

Slovene

Verb

mẹ́di or médi

  1. second-person singular imperative of mesti

Welsh

Etymology

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

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdi/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːdi/, /ˈmɛdi/
  • (file)

Verb

medi (first-person singular present medaf)

  1. 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.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Medi (September)
  • medel (reaping party, work group)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
medi fedi unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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