ysgubo

Welsh

Alternative forms

• sgubo

Etymology

From ysgub +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əsˈɡɨ̞bɔ/, [əsˈkɨ̞bɔ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əsˈɡiːbɔ/, [əsˈkiːbɔ], /əsˈɡɪbɔ/, [əsˈkɪbɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞bɔ

Verb

ysgubo (first-person singular present ysgubaf)

1. (transitive) to sweep

Conjugation

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

• ysgybwr (“sweep, sweeper”)

Mutation

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

1. 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