saim

saim (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of seam (“lard”).

• AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Mias, Sami, Siam, Sima, Sámi, aims, siam, sima

saim

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of sair

• sail

From Latin *saginus.^[1] Compare Galician saín.

• Hyphenation: sa‧im

saim m (uncountable)

1. fish oil

saim f

1. refuge
2. support

• saem, sâm

Borrowed from Middle English seym. from Old French saim.

• IPA^(key): /sai̯m/
  • (South Wales, colloquial also) IPA^(key): /saːm/

saim m (plural seimiau, not mutable)

1. grease
2. lard

• dom saim (“fatberg”)
• seimiach (“grease”)
• seimio (“to grease”)
• seimllyd (“greasy”)

• bloneg, braster (“fat”)
• gwêr (“tallow”)
• siwet (“suet”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “saim”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies