séimh

See also: sèimh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish séim,[1] from Proto-Celtic *sɸeimis, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“thin”).[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sèimh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeːvʲ/

Adjective

séimh (genitive singular feminine séimhe, plural séimhe, comparative séimhe)

  1. smooth, mellow, easy
  2. mild, gentle, soft
  3. placid
  4. soft, quiet
  5. (phonetics) soft, lenited
  6. (literary) slender, thin
  7. rarefied (of a gas, less dense than usual), thin
  8. fine, delicate
  9. subtle, tenuous
  10. (weather) mild, balmy, temperate
  11. good-tempered, good-natured

Declension

Declension of séimh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative séimh shéimh séimhe;
shéimhe2
vocative shéimh séimhe
genitive séimhe séimhe séimh
dative séimh;
shéimh1 		shéimh séimhe;
shéimhe2
Comparative níos séimhe
Superlative is séimhe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

  • (gentle): mín, tláith
  • (rarefied): éadlúite
  • (subtle): fíneálta

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of séimh
radical lenition eclipsis
séimh shéimh
after an, tséimh 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sfēmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 332–33

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