medi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "medi"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medium (“middle”). Doublet of mèdium, another learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɛ.ði]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

medi m (plural medis)

1. medium (substance through which another passes)
2. environment

   Synonym: entorn

3. medium (person who communicates with ghosts)

   Synonym: mèdium

Derived terms

• medi ambient

Related terms

• intermedi
• mediar
• mig

Further reading

• “medi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Verb

medi

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese medo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu medu.

Verb

medi

1. to fear

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.di/
• Rhymes: -ɛdi
• Hyphenation: 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

• IDEM, dime, idem

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): /meɟi/, [ˈmeɟi]
• Rhymes: -eɟi
• Hyphenation: me‧di

Noun

medi f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of meď

Slovene

Verb

mẹ́di or médi

1. second-person singular imperative of mesti

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited 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 mediñ; also English meadow, Latin metō, Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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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.

   Synonyms: cynaeafu, lloffa

Conjugation

Conjugation of medi (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

Conjugation of medi (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	meda i, medaf i	medi di	medith o/e/hi, mediff e/hi	medwn ni	medwch chi	medan nhw
conditional	medwn i, medswn i	medet ti, medset ti	medai fo/fe/hi, medsai fo/fe/hi	meden ni, medsen ni	medech chi, medsech chi	meden nhw, medsen nhw
preterite	medais i, medes i	medaist ti, medest ti	medodd o/e/hi	medon ni	medoch chi	medon nhw
imperative	—	meda	—	—	medwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• dyrnwr medi (“combine harvester”)
• Medi (“September”)

Related terms

• medel (“reaping party, work group”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of medi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
medi	fedi	unchanged	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), “medi”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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