sglefrio
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from English sclither, dialectal variant of slither.
Verb
[edit]sglefrio (first-person singular present sglefriaf, not mutable)
- (intransitive) to slide, to skid
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | sglefriaf | sglefri | sglefri, sglefria | sglefriwn | sglefriwch | sglefriant | sglefrir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | sglefriwn | sglefrit | sglefriai | sglefriem | sglefriech | sglefrient | sglefrid | |
| preterite | sglefriais | sglefriaist | sglefriodd | sglefriasom | sglefriasoch | sglefriasant | sglefriwyd | |
| pluperfect | sglefriaswn | sglefriasit | sglefriasai | sglefriasem | sglefriasech | sglefriasent | sglefriasid, sglefriesid | |
| present subjunctive | sglefriwyf | sglefriech | sglefrio | sglefriom | sglefrioch | sglefriont | sglefrier | |
| imperative | — | sglefri, sglefria | sglefried | sglefriwn | sglefriwch | sglefrient | sglefrier | |
| verbal noun | sglefrio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | sglefriedig sglefriadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | sglefria i, sglefriaf i | sglefri di | sglefrith o/e/hi, sglefriff e/hi | sglefriwn ni | sglefriwch chi | sglefrian nhw |
| conditional | sglefriwn i, sglefriswn i | sglefriet ti, sglefriset ti | sglefriai fo/fe/hi, sglefrisai fo/fe/hi | sglefrien ni, sglefrisen ni | sglefriech chi, sglefrisech chi | sglefrien nhw, sglefrisen nhw |
| preterite | sglefriais i, sglefries i | sglefriaist ti, sglefriest ti | sglefriodd o/e/hi | sglefrion ni | sglefrioch chi | sglefrion nhw |
| imperative | — | sglefria | — | — | sglefriwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- rhôl-sglefrio (“roller-skate”, verb)
- sglefr f (“slide, skid”)
- sglefrio ar rew (“ice skate”, verb)
- sglefriwr m (“skater”)
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sglefrio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies