meddw
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *medwos, from Proto-Celtic *medu (“mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛðu/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːðu/, /ˈmɛðu/
Adjective[edit]
meddw (feminine singular meddw, plural meddwon, equative meddwed, comparative meddwach, superlative meddwaf)
Derived terms[edit]
- meddwdod (“drunkenness, intoxication”)
- meddwi (“to get drunk; to intoxicate”)
- meddwol (“intoxicating”)
- meddwyn (“drunkard”)
- penfeddw (“light-headed, giddy”)
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| meddw | feddw | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies