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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From 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
Noun
scéimh f (genitive singular scéimhe, nominative plural scéimheanna)
- beauty, fairness
- Synonym: áilleacht
- appearance
- Synonyms: cuma, cosúlacht
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Further reading
- “scéimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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