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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish céimm, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman (“a step”), from Proto-Celtic *kengeti (“to step, walk”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
céim f (genitive singular céime, nominative plural céimeanna)
- step, footstep
- pace
- step (of a stair), riser
- grade (of elevation)
- degree (of a university; angle; temperature)
- (grammar) degree (comparison stage of an adjective or adverb)
- stage (phase)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| céim
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chéim
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gcéim
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60