céim

See also: cèim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish céimm, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman (“a step”), from Proto-Celtic *kengeti (“to step, walk”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ceːmʲ/

Noun

céim f (genitive singular céime, nominative plural céimeanna)

  1. step, footstep
  2. pace
  3. step (of a stair), riser
  4. grade (of elevation)
  5. degree (of a university; angle; temperature)

Declension
Declension of céim

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative céim céimeanna
Vocative a chéim a chéimeanna
Genitive céime céimeanna
Dative céim céimeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chéim na céimeanna
Genitive na céime na gcéimeanna
Dative leis an gcéim

don chéim

 leis na céimeanna

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
céim chéim gcéim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 188–89

Further reading
  • “céim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "céim" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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