meiddio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• beiddio

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	meiddio
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