medi
Catalan
Noun
medi m (plural medis)
- medium (substance through which another passes)
- environment
- Synonym: entorn
- medium (person who communicates with ghosts)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “medi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese medo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu medu.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.di/
- Rhymes: -ɛdi
- Syllabification: mè‧di
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
medi
- inflection of mediare:
- second-person singular present
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Makonde
References
- Edward Steere, Collections for a handbook of the Makonde language (1876)
- African Languages: Langues Africaines, volume 5 (1979), page 144
Middle English
Portuguese
Verb
medi
- inflection of medir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Slovene
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/
Audio (file)
Verb
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
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Derived terms
- Medi (“September”)
Related terms
- medel (“reaping party, work group”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
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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