medi

See also: Medi, medí, medį, međi, and mēḑi

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medium.

Pronunciation

Noun

medi m (plural medis)

  1. medium (substance through which another passes)
  2. environment
    Synonym: entorn
  3. medium (person who communicates with ghosts)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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): [ˈmeɟi]

Noun

medi f

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of meď

Slovene

Verb

mẹ́di or médi

  1. second-person singular imperative of mesti

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/
  • (file)

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.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Medi (September)
  • 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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