sgramblo

Welsh

Etymology

English scramble +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɡramblɔ/, [ˈskramblɔ]
  • Rhymes: -amblɔ

Verb

sgramblo (first-person singular present sgramblaf, not mutable)

  1. to scramble to move hurredly to a location
  2. to scramble to combine and cook as a loose mass
    wyau wedi'u sgrambloscrambled eggs

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sgramblaf sgrembli sgrambla sgramblwn sgremblwch, sgramblwch sgramblant sgremblir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
sgramblwn sgramblit sgramblai sgramblem sgramblech sgramblent sgremblid
preterite sgremblais sgremblaist sgramblodd sgramblasom sgramblasoch sgramblasant sgramblwyd
pluperfect sgramblaswn sgramblasit sgramblasai sgramblasem sgramblasech sgramblasent sgramblasid, sgramblesid
present subjunctive sgramblwyf sgremblych sgramblo sgramblom sgrambloch sgramblont sgrambler
imperative sgrambla sgrambled sgramblwn sgremblwch, sgramblwch sgramblent sgrambler
verbal noun sgramblo
verbal adjectives sgrambledig
sgrambladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future sgrambla i,
sgramblaf i
sgrambli di sgramblith o/e/hi,
sgrambliff e/hi
sgramblwn ni sgramblwch chi sgramblan nhw
conditional sgramblwn i,
sgramblswn i
sgramblet ti,
sgramblset ti
sgramblai fo/fe/hi,
sgramblsai fo/fe/hi
sgramblen ni,
sgramblsen ni
sgramblech chi,
sgramblsech chi
sgramblen nhw,
sgramblsen nhw
preterite sgramblais i,
sgrambles i
sgramblaist ti,
sgramblest ti
sgramblodd o/e/hi sgramblon ni sgrambloch chi sgramblon nhw
imperative sgrambla sgramblwch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • wy wedi'i sgramblo (scrambled egg)

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sgramblo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies