scéimh
Irish
Alternative forms
- sciamh
- sgéimh, sgiamh (obsolete)
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”). Doublet of scéim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃceːvʲ/
Noun
scéimh f (genitive singular scéimhe, nominative plural scéimheanna)
- beauty, fairness
- Synonym: áilleacht
- appearance
- Synonyms: cuma, cosúlacht
Declension
Declension of scéimh
Second declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- scéimhghearradh
- sciamhach
- sciamhacht
- sciamhaí
- sciamhaigh
- sciamhdha
- sciamhúil
Further reading
- “scéimh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scíam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “scéiṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 606.
- "scéimh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.