sglefrio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• sgleirio, sglerio, slefrio

Etymology

Perhaps from English sclither, dialectal variant of slither.

Verb

sglefrio (first-person singular present sglefriaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive) to slide, to skid

Conjugation

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

• rhôl-sglefrio (“roller-skate”, verb)
• sglefr f (“slide, skid”)
• sglefrio ar rew (“ice skate”, verb)
• sglefriwr m (“skater”)

Further reading

• 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