medd

Ghomara

Root
m-d-d
2 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مد (madd), from Arabic مَدَّ (madda).

Pronunciation

• (Iɛraben) IPA^(key): [məd(ː)]

Verb

medd

1. (transitive) to lay

   Synonym: werrek

2. (intransitive) to lie down

   Synonym: werrek

References

• Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎^[1], Leiden

Maltese

Root
m-d-d
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَدَّ (madda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

medd (imperfect jmidd, past participle mimdud)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of medd (Form I)

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	meddejtx	meddejtx	meddx	meddejniex	meddejtux	meddewx
	f			medditx
imperfect	m	mmiddx	tmiddx	jmiddx	mmiddux	tmiddux	jmiddux
	f			tmiddx
imperative			tmiddx			tmiddux

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

medd

1. alternative form of mad

Etymology 2

Verb

medd

1. alternative form of madden

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːð/
• Rhymes: -eːð

Etymology 1

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

Noun

medd m (uncountable)

1. mead

Related terms

• meddw (“intoxicated”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

medd f (plural meddau or meddion)

1. authority, power
2. possession(s)

Related terms

• -fedd (“-length”)
• meddu (“to possess”)
• meddwl (“to think”)

Etymology 3

Verb

medd

1. (colloquial, defective) synonym of meddai (“says”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of medd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
medd	fedd	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

medd

1. nasal mutation of bedd (“grave”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bedd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bedd	fedd	medd	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “medd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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