medd

Maltese
Root
m-d-d
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَدَّ‎ (madda).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛt/

Verb

medd (imperfect jmidd, past participle mimdud)

  1. (transitive) to lay (something on a surface, especially one's hand)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of medd
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m meddejt meddejt medd meddejna meddejtu meddew
f meddet
imperfect m mmidd tmidd jmidd mmiddu tmiddu jmiddu
f tmidd
imperative midd middu

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġemǣdd.

Adjective

medd

  1. Alternative form of mad

Etymology 2

Derived from the adjective.

Verb

medd

  1. Alternative form of madden

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːð/
  • Rhymes: -eːð

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh medd, from Proto-Brythonic *með, from Proto-Celtic *medu (“mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).

Noun

medd m (uncountable)

  1. mead

Etymology 2

From the same source as meddu (“to rule, possess”). Compare with Middle Breton mez (“ability”), Old Irish med, Modern Irish meadh.

Noun

medd f (plural meddau or meddion)

  1. authority, power
  2. possession(s)

Verb

medd

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of meddai

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
medd fedd 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), “medd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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