meiddio

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeiðjɔ/

Verb

meiddio (first-person singular present meiddiaf)

  1. to dare, to defy, to venture

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future meiddiaf meiddi maidd, meiddia meiddiwn meiddiwch meiddiant meiddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional meiddiwn meiddit meiddiai meiddiem meiddiech meiddient meiddid
preterite meiddiais meiddiaist meiddiodd meiddiasom meiddiasoch meiddiasant meiddiwyd
pluperfect meiddiaswn meiddiasit meiddiasai meiddiasem meiddiasech meiddiasent meiddiasid, meiddiesid
present subjunctive meiddiwyf meiddiech meiddio meiddiom meiddioch meiddiont meiddier
imperative — meiddia meiddied meiddiwn meiddiwch meiddient meiddier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives meiddiedig
meiddiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future meiddia i,
meiddiaf i 		meiddi di meiddith o/e/hi,
meiddiff e/hi 		meiddiwn ni meiddiwch chi meiddian nhw
conditional meiddiwn i,
meiddswn i 		meiddiet ti,
meiddset ti 		meiddiai fo/fe/hi,
meiddsai fo/fe/hi 		meiddien ni,
meiddsen ni 		meiddiech chi,
meiddsech chi 		meiddien nhw,
meiddsen nhw
preterite meiddiais i,
meiddies i 		meiddiaist ti,
meiddiest ti 		meiddiodd o/e/hi meiddion ni meiddioch chi meiddion nhw
imperative — meiddia — — meiddiwch —

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of meiddio
radical soft nasal aspirate
meiddio feiddio 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

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meiddio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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