séim

See also: seim and Seim

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sɸeimis, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“thin”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲeːβ̃ʲ]

Adjective

séim

  1. thin

Inflection

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative séim séim séim
vocative séim
accusative séim séim
genitive séim séime séim
dative séim séim séim
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative séimi séimi
vocative séimi
accusative séimi
genitive séim*
séime
dative séimib

*not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: séimh
  • Scottish Gaelic: sèimh

Mutation

Mutation of séim
radical lenition nasalization
séim ṡéim séim

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sfēmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 332–33

Further reading

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