མེད

Tibetan

Etymology

Various theories exist:

  • From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-miːt (“to extinguish; to shut abruptly; to wink; to blink; to die”). Cognate with Chinese 滅 (OC *med, “to perish; to be destroyed; to destroy”) (Benedict, 1972).
  • Contraction of མི (mi, “not”) + ཡོད (yod, “to be”) (Jäschke, 1881).
  • Contraction of མི (mi, “not”) + རེད (red, “to be; to be ready”). The latter is related to སྲིད་པ (srid pa, “existence; state of being; living”) (Matisoff, 1985).

Pronunciation

Verb

མེད • (med) (nominal form མེད་པ)

  1. to be not, to exist not
    རྒྱ་ལ་མེད་པའི་ཡི་གེ་དྲུག ― rgya la med pa'i yi ge drug ― six letters not found in Sanskrit

Conjugation
Conjugation of མེད
Tense/Mood Form Wylie
Present མེདmed
Future མེདmed
Past མེདmed
Imperative མེདmed
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