scéimh
Irish
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editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editscéimh f (genitive singular scéimhe, nominative plural scéimheanna)
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editFurther reading
edit- “scéimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scéiṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 606
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scéimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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