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
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