ysgubo
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Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /əsˈɡɨ̞bɔ/, [əsˈkɨ̞bɔ]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /əsˈɡiːbɔ/, [əsˈkiːbɔ], /əsˈɡɪbɔ/, [əsˈkɪbɔ]
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞bɔ
Verb[edit]
ysgubo (first-person singular present ysgubaf)
- (transitive) to sweep
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | ysgubaf | ysgubi | ysguba | ysgubwn | ysgubwch | ysgubant | ysgubir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
ysgubwn | ysgubit | ysgubai | ysgubem | ysgubech | ysgubent | ysgubid | |
| preterite | ysgubais | ysgubaist | ysgubodd | ysgubasom | ysgubasoch | ysgubasant | ysgubwyd | |
| pluperfect | ysgubaswn | ysgubasit | ysgubasai | ysgubasem | ysgubasech | ysgubasent | ysgubasid, ysgubesid | |
| present subjunctive | ysgubwyf | ysgubych | ysgubo | ysgubom | ysguboch | ysgubont | ysguber | |
| imperative | — | ysguba | ysgubed | ysgubwn | ysgubwch | ysgubent | ysguber | |
| verbal noun | ysgubo | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | ysgubedig ysgubadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | ysguba i, ysgubaf i | ysgubi di | ysgubith o/e/hi, ysgubiff e/hi | ysgubwn ni | ysgubwch chi | ysguban nhw |
| conditional | ysgubwn i, ysgubswn i | ysgubet ti, ysgubset ti | ysgubai fo/fe/hi, ysgubsai fo/fe/hi | ysguben ni, ysgubsen ni | ysgubech chi, ysgubsech chi | ysguben nhw, ysgubsen nhw |
| preterite | ysgubais i, ysgubes i | ysgubaist ti, ysgubest ti | ysgubodd o/e/hi | ysgubon ni | ysguboch chi | ysgubon nhw |
| imperative | — | ysguba | — | — | ysgubwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms[edit]
- ysgybwr (“sweep, sweeper”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ysgubo | unchanged | unchanged | hysgubo |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgubo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies