scéimh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish scíam (“appearance, beauty”) (whence also Scottish Gaelic sgiamh), from Latin schēma (“form, shape, figure”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape, figure”).[2] Doublet of scéim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃceːvʲ/

Noun

scéimh f (genitive singular scéimhe, nominative plural scéimheanna)

  1. beauty, fairness
    Synonym: áilleacht
  2. appearance
    Synonyms: cuma, cosúlacht

Declension

Declension of scéimh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scéimh scéimheanna
vocative a scéimh a scéimheanna
genitive scéimhe scéimheanna
dative scéimh scéimheanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scéimh na scéimheanna
genitive na scéimhe na scéimheanna
dative leis an scéimh
don scéimh 		leis na scéimheanna

Derived terms

  • scéimhghearradh
  • sciamhach
  • sciamhacht
  • sciamhaí
  • sciamhaigh
  • sciamhdha
  • sciamhúil

References

  1. ^ “scéimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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