meddwl

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh meðwl, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *medyetor (whence meddu), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; advise”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

meddwl (first-person singular present meddyliaf)

  1. to think
    Synonym: tybio
  2. to mean, to refer to

Conjugation

Conjugation of meddwl (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future meddyliaf meddyli meddwl, meddylia meddyliwn meddyliwch meddyliant meddylir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional meddyliwn meddylit meddyliai meddyliem meddyliech meddylient meddylid
preterite meddyliais meddyliaist meddyliodd meddyliasom meddyliasoch meddyliasant meddyliwyd
pluperfect meddyliaswn meddyliasit meddyliasai meddyliasem meddyliasech meddyliasent meddyliasid, meddyliesid
present subjunctive meddyliwyf meddyliech meddylio meddyliom meddylioch meddyliont meddylier
imperative — meddwl, meddylia meddylied meddyliwn meddyliwch meddylient meddylier
verbal noun meddwl
verbal adjectives meddyliedig
meddyliadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future meddylia i,
meddyliaf i 		meddyli di meddylith o/e/hi,
meddyliff e/hi 		meddyliwn ni meddyliwch chi meddylian nhw
conditional meddyliwn i,
meddyliswn i 		meddyliet ti,
meddyliset ti 		meddyliai fo/fe/hi,
meddylisai fo/fe/hi 		meddylien ni,
meddylisen ni 		meddyliech chi,
meddylisech chi 		meddylien nhw,
meddylisen nhw
preterite meddyliais i,
meddylies i 		meddyliaist ti,
meddyliest ti 		meddyliodd o/e/hi meddylion ni meddylioch chi meddylion nhw
imperative — meddylia — — meddyliwch —

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

See also

  • credu (“to believe”)
  • golygu (“to mean, to signify”)

Noun

meddwl m (plural meddyliau)

  1. mind
  2. thought, idea

Mutation

Mutated forms of meddwl
radical soft nasal aspirate
meddwl feddwl unchanged unchanged

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

References

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