sgeifio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English skive. Doublet of siei (“shy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɡei̯vjɔ/, [ˈskei̯vjɔ]
• Rhymes: -ei̯vjɔ

Verb

sgeifio (first-person singular present sgeifiaf, not mutable)

1. to skive, shirk, truant

   Synonym: mitsio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sgeifiaf	sgeifi	sgeifia	sgeifiwn	sgeifiwch	sgeifiant	sgeifir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	sgeifiwn	sgeifit	sgeifiai	sgeifiem	sgeifiech	sgeifient	sgeifid
preterite	sgeifiais	sgeifiaist	sgeifiodd	sgeifiasom	sgeifiasoch	sgeifiasant	sgeifiwyd
pluperfect	sgeifiaswn	sgeifiasit	sgeifiasai	sgeifiasem	sgeifiasech	sgeifiasent	sgeifiasid, sgeifiesid
present subjunctive	sgeifiwyf	sgeifiech	sgeifio	sgeifiom	sgeifioch	sgeifiont	sgeifier
imperative	—	sgeifia	sgeified	sgeifiwn	sgeifiwch	sgeifient	sgeifier
verbal noun	sgeifio
verbal adjectives	sgeifiedig sgeifiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sgeifia i, sgeifiaf i	sgeifi di	sgeifith o/e/hi, sgeififf e/hi	sgeifiwn ni	sgeifiwch chi	sgeifian nhw
conditional	sgeifiwn i, sgeifswn i	sgeifiet ti, sgeifset ti	sgeifiai fo/fe/hi, sgeifsai fo/fe/hi	sgeifien ni, sgeifsen ni	sgeifiech chi, sgeifsech chi	sgeifien nhw, sgeifsen nhw
preterite	sgeifiais i, sgeifies i	sgeifiaist ti, sgeifiest ti	sgeifiodd o/e/hi	sgeifion ni	sgeifioch chi	sgeifion nhw
imperative	—	sgeifia	—	—	sgeifiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

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