ceum
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish céim (“step, stride”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰʲeːm/
Noun
ceum m (genitive singular ceuma or cèim, plural ceuman or ceumannan)
- step, pace, footstep
- step (of a stair)
- degree (of a university)
Derived terms
- ceum is ceum - step by step
- ceumnachadh - pacing; graduation
- ceumnaich - pace (verb); graduate (verb)
- taobh-cheum - digression